Israeli Strikes Kill 11 in Gaza; West Bank Raids Detain 22

Israeli air strikes and drone attacks across the Gaza Strip killed at least 11 Palestinians overnight and into Wednesday, according to medical sources and the Civil Defence. In Gaza City, a strike on the ground floor of the 'El-Asala 1' building near Haydar Kavşağı killed five people, four of them women, and wounded dozens. A separate drone strike on a house garden in Beit Lahiya killed Mahmud Ibrahim Ilyan, 34, while two others were wounded nearby. Two additional Palestinians succumbed to wounds from earlier attacks, raising the toll.

The Civil Defence spokesman, Mahmud Basal, described the Gaza City strike as a "massacre" targeting the Christian community, noting that a mother and her daughter were among the dead. He said Israeli forces struck without warning and warned that Gaza's Christian population is being explicitly targeted. Basal called for international intervention to stop the killings.

“This is a massacre in the full sense of the word committed against the Christian community.”

In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces conducted widespread raids across Nablus, Tulkarm, Jenin, Qalqilya, and areas near Bethlehem, detaining at least 22 Palestinians, including three children. In Nablus, forces raided several homes and assaulted an elderly man while detaining 10 people. Tulkarm saw nine detentions amid military checkpoints and movement restrictions. Settlers, under army protection, also attacked Palestinian land, water sources, and religious sites.

The Gaza Health Ministry and WAFA news agency reported earlier Wednesday that nine people were killed in separate strikes on the Al-Shifa Hospital vicinity, Tel al-Hawa, Al-Mawasi near the Evkaf Mosque, and Al-Qarara on Salahaddin Street. At least 15 people were wounded in the Tel al-Hawa vehicle strike alone. Artillery shelling continued across displacement camps.

Israeli military vehicles and drones also opened fire in Nuseyrat camp's Al-Ishrin Street, wounding one person, while artillery hit eastern Khan Younis and Al-Qarara. The military has not commented on the specific incidents.