Strikes kill 17 people in gaza

GAZA: Gaza's civil defence agency on Tuesday said an Israeli strike killed at least 17 people at a refugee camp in the centre of the territory. 'The civil defence teams recovered 17 martyrs, including children, and several others who were wounded from the three-storey home of the Abdul Hadi family, which was bombed by a missile from an Israeli warplane in Al Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza,' agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal said in a statement. Bassal said the bodies of those killed and the wounded were taken to Al Awda hospital in Nuseirat camp and to Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital in the city of Deir Al Balah. Medics at Al Awda confirmed the toll. Witnesses and rescuers also said Israeli military operations continued in Jabaliya, where troops launched a ground assault in recent days. — AFP