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Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 40 people overnight

From CNN’s Kareem Khadder and Lucas Lilieholm

Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 40 Palestinians overnight, according to emergency and civil defense officials in the enclave.

In southern Gaza, an Israeli airstrike on Bani Suhaila in Khan Younis hit a residential building, killing at least 10 people and trapping others under the rubble, according to officials at Nasser Hospital and family members of the dead.

An attack struck a house in the town of Al-Fokhari, killing five, including a woman and two children. Their bodies were transferred to the Gaza European Hospital, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and hospital officials.

In central Gaza, Israeli strikes in and around the Al-Nuseirat camp killed eight people.

A strike on a house near the residential Nawri tower killed six people, according to the Gaza Civil Defense, while a strike on a residential home near the Radi petrol station killed two, according to PRCS paramedics. The victims from both attacks were transferred to Al-Awda Hospital.

In northern Gaza, 17 people were killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza City and areas to its north.

A strike near the Salah Eddine Mosque in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood southeast of Gaza City killed three people, while another two were killed in airstrikes near a mosque in Tal Al-Hawa, to the southwest, according to civil defense officials who said more victims were trapped under the rubble.

Twelve bodies arrived at the Kamal Adwan Hospital on Tuesday morning following Israeli air and artillery attacks in the Al-Fallujah area west of the Jabalya camp, according to first responders and the civil defense.

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