The strike has caused a big fire at the building, burning the bodies of several victims.
GAZA CITY — At least 16 Palestinian civilians, including nine children, were killed on Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike on an UNRWA health clinic in northern Gaza, a medical source said.
Dozens of people were also injured in the attack on the UN-run clinic, where hundreds of displaced civilians have sheltered in Jabalia town, the source added.
According to witnesses, the strike has caused a big fire at the building, burning the bodies of several victims.
The same clinic was attacked by Israeli warplanes during Israel’s ongoing genocidal war on Gaza since October 2023.
The Israeli army escalated its airstrikes across Gaza since Wednesday morning, killing at least 21 people in separate attacks across the enclave, according to medics.
On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to escalate attacks on Gaza amid efforts to implement US President Donald Trump’s plan to displace Palestinians from the enclave.
Israel began a surprise aerial campaign on Gaza on March 18, and has since killed more than 1,000 victims and injured over 2,000, shattering a January ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group Hamas.
More than 50,300 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in Israel’s military onslaught since October 2023, most of them women and children.
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants last November for Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave. — AA
