28 Palestinians including children killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza
[July 12, 2025]
By WAFAA SHURAFA
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes killed at
least 28 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including four
children, hospital officials said Saturday.
The children and two women were among at least 13 people who
were killed in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, after Israeli
airstrikes pounded the area starting late Friday, officials in
Al-Aqsa Martyr's Hospital said. Another four people were killed
in strikes near a fuel station, and 15 others died in Israeli
airstrikes in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, according to Nasser
Hospital. |
Mourners attend the funeral of their relatives who were killed in an
Israeli bombardment, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 12,
2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) |
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The Israeli military said in a statement that over the past 48
hours, troops struck approximately 250 targets in the Gaza
Strip, including militants, booby-trapped structures, weapons
storage facilities, anti-tank missile launch posts, sniper
posts, tunnels and additional Hamas infrastructure sites. The
military did not immediately respond to The Associated Press'
request for comment on the civilian deaths.
Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people in their Oct. 7,
2023, attack on Israel and abducted 251. They still hold 50
hostages, less than half of them believed to be alive, after
most of the rest were released in ceasefire agreements or other
deals.
Israel’s offensive has killed over 57,000 Palestinians, more
than half of them women and children, according to Gaza’s Health
Ministry. The ministry, which is under Gaza’s Hamas-run
government, doesn’t differentiate between civilians and
combatants in its count. The U.N. and other international
organizations see its figures as the most reliable statistics on
war casualties.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said that he is closing in on
another ceasefire agreement that would see more hostages
released and potentially wind down the war. But after two days
of talks this week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu there were no signs of a breakthrough.
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