Israeli forces demolished more residential buildings in Gaza City on Sunday, killing at least 31 people and forcing many others to flee as tanks advanced deeper into the crowded urban center, Gaza health officials said.
Nearly two years into the genocidal war, Israel describes Gaza City as the last bastion of Hamas and the military has been demolishing housing blocks it says were being used by the resistance group since launching its ground assault in the city this month.
A pregnant woman and her two children were among those killed Sunday, medics said. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the deaths, issuing a statement saying its forces had killed "numerous" resistance members.
Relatives sifted through the rubble of one of the apartment buildings that was hit in Gaza City, trying to salvage their belongings.
"The mother, the boy, the girl, and the baby in her womb – we found them all gone," said Mosallam al-Hadad, the dead woman's father-in-law, saying his son had been seriously injured in the strike. "(He) was in a critical condition. We took him to the hospital, and his leg was amputated," Hadad told Reuters.
