At least 25 killed in Israeli strikes on homes, tents across Gaza Strip

The Israeli army killed 25 civilians and injured many others in early Monday strikes on the Gaza Strip, according to medics.

A medical source told Anadolu that three people were killed in an Israeli strike on two houses in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City, while three others lost their lives after a drone hit their tent in the same area.

In northern Gaza City, Israeli fighter jets struck a home for a Palestinian family on Al-Yarmouk Street, resulting in the death of five civilians.

Four more people were killed in a strike that targeted a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians in the city’s west.

Separately, a helicopter targeted a residential unit in the Al-Rimal neighborhood, killing two siblings. A number of injuries were reported from a similar attack on a residential building in central Gaza City.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army continued to blow up homes and buildings using booby-trapped robots in the vicinity of Sheikh Radwan pond in northern Gaza, coinciding with air strikes on the area, while Israeli quadcopters dropped explosive bombs on the roofs of civilian homes, causing a state of panic among residents.

On Aug. 8, Israel’s Security Cabinet approved a plan by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to gradually reoccupy the Gaza Strip, beginning with Gaza City. The plan involves displacing around 1 million Palestinians southward, surrounding the city, and occupying it after intense attacks.

In the central Gaza Strip, five people were killed and 22 injured when the Israeli army shelled civilians in the Nuseirat refugee camp.