Khan younis: Two Palestinian civilians, including a child, were killed on Monday after Israeli helicopters carried out an airstrike west of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Medical sources reported that the two victims were transferred to the Kuwaiti Specialized Field Hospital, with the attack also injuring 17 others and causing several displacement tents to catch fire.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency, the two victims were identified as six-year-old Mennatullah Nabil Abu Labda and 31-year-old Hanan Abdel Nasser Mahmoud. In a separate incident in northwestern Gaza, Palestinian citizen Nidal Shalha died due to wounds sustained several days earlier from an Israeli strike targeting a group of civilians near the 17 Roundabout in the al-Tuwam area.
Medical sources in the Gaza Strip announced that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli offensive has reached 72,797, with 172,821 injured since the offensive began on October 7, 2023. In the past 24 hours, Gaza Strip hospitals received six fatalities and eight injuries, including one person who succumbed to previous injuries and five newly killed victims.