The strikes, which killed women and children, came a day before a border crossing is expected to open in Gaza’s southern most city
Hospitals in Gaza said Israeli strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians on Saturday, one of the highest tolls since an October agreement aimed at stopping the fighting.
The strikes hit locations in northern and southern Gaza, including an apartment building in Gaza City and a tent in Khan Younis, officials at hospitals which received the bodies said. The casualties included two women and six children from two families.
The strikes came a day before a border crossing is expected to open in Gaza’s southern most city, a reminder that the death toll is still rising even as a ceasefire agreement inches forward.
All of the territory’s border crossings have been closed since the start of the war and Palestinians see the Rafah crossing with Egypt as a lifeline for the tens of thousands in need of treatment outside the territory because the majority of medical infrastructure has been destroyed.
