Gaza, March 23 —Israeli strikes across the southern Gaza Strip killed at least 19 Palestinians overnight into Sunday, including a senior Hamas political leader, officials said.Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen who are allied with Hamas meanwhile launched another missile at Israel, setting off air raid sirens.
The Israeli military said the projectile was
intercepted, and there were no reports of casualties or damage.
Two hospitals in southern Gaza said they had received 17 bodies from strikes overnight, including several women and children.
The European Hospital said the dead included five children and their parents killed in a strike in Khan Younis. Another family — two girls and their parents — were killed in a separate strike on the southern city. The Kuwaiti Hospital said it received the bodies of a woman and child killed in another strike.
Israel ended its ceasefire with Hamas last week when it launched a surprise wave of airstrikes that killed hundreds of Palestinians across the territory. The Houthis resumed their attacks on Israel, portraying them as an act of solidarity with the Palestinians, despite recent U.S. strikes targeting the Yemeni rebels.
