GAZA CITY, Palestine / ANKARA – Israeli army attacks across the Gaza Strip killed at least 64 Palestinians on Friday, including 20 people who were waiting for humanitarian aid as Tel Aviv escalated its genocidal war on the enclave, medics said.
In one of the deadliest incidents of the day, 15 people were killed and 90 more injured while waiting for food assistance near the al-Tahlia Roundabout in eastern Khan Younis in southern Gaza, a medical source told Anadolu.
Five civilians were shot dead near an aid distribution center in northwestern Rafah in southern Gaza.
Another five Palestinians were killed in separate Israeli attacks on civilian gatherings in the al-Tuffah and Zeitoun neighborhoods east of Gaza City.
Four more people were killed in an Israeli strike targeting a gathering of residents in Jabalia Al-Nazla area in northern Gaza, and a tent for displaced civilians in the Saftawi area north of Gaza City.
Eleven other Palestinians were killed in a strike on a family home in the northern town of Jabalia.
Eight Palestinians, including women and children, were killed when Israeli forces struck a displaced people’s tent near Tiba Towers in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis.
Most of the victims were members of the same family whose shelter was directly hit near the Tiba Towers, eyewitnesses told Anadolu. Several others were injured in the attack.
In another nearby attack, three more people, including two children, were killed near the British field hospital in al-Mawasi, Khan Younis.
Airstrikes also struck two tents along the Khan Younis beachfront, killing four civilians, most of them women and children.
The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that Israeli artillery also struck tents housing displaced civilians in al-Mawasi, Rafah, in southern Gaza, causing further casualties.
In central Gaza, four people were killed in the al-Bureij refugee camp when a family’s house was targeted in an overnight raid.
In the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, two Palestinians were killed in an airstrike targeting a gathering of civilians in the Al-Hasayneh area, medics said.
Meanwhile, three more people were killed in southern Gaza City following a strike on a family home in the al-Sabra neighborhood.
Israeli forces also hit a school sheltering displaced people, though casualties from that strike were not immediately confirmed.
In a separate incident, Israeli forces demolished multiple residential homes in northern Khan Younis, according to eyewitnesses.
ANADOLU, 4.7.2025
