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Three killed in Israeli attack on Khan Younis

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that three people have been killed and others wounded in an Israeli bombing of a house east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Earlier we reported that at least one person was killed in an Israeli attack on the centre of Khan Younis and that the number of people killed in an attack east of Khan Younis was not yet known.


Clear surge in air strikes in central areas

Lots of Palestinian families here are completely trapped in the middle of this chaos. The Israeli army and jets are launching attacks far and wide, in the middle of the night and early in the morning.

Another set of houses have been hit. The grim reality is that these houses were not warned. We can see a clear surge in air strikes in central areas, especially the makeshift camps in Deir el-Balah.

People here are also closely following developments on the Lebanon front. But they believe Israel is determined to keep up the fighting and move to a new front.


Children, youth in Gaza could lose up to five years of education due to war

The war in Gaza could set young people’s education back by up to five years, according to a report by academics working with the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA).

“The most optimistic prediction – assuming an immediate ceasefire and rapid international effort to rebuild the education system – is that students will lose two years of learning,” said UNRWA in a summary of the report. “If the fighting continues until 2026, the losses could stretch to five years.

“This does not account for the additional effects of trauma, famine and forcible displacement, all of which are deepening Gaza’s education crisis.”

Since Israel’s bombardment of the enclave began nearly one year ago, more than 80 percent of Gaza’s schools have been damaged or destroyed.


Gaza Health Ministry forms committee to deal with 88 unidentifiable bodies

The Gaza Ministry of Health says it has formed a committee that includes “all relevant parties” to deal with a container carrying 88 unidentifiable bodies returned by Israel ahead of their burial.

The ministry said it holds Israel “fully responsible for the inhumane and immoral way it deals with the bodies” and called on the international community to pressure Israel to comply with international protocols.


Gaza death toll rises

The death toll in Israeli attacks on Gaza since last October has gone up to 41,534. Another 96,092 people have been wounded in these attacks, the Health Ministry has said.