Israeli air raid hits residential building, killing 32 people
An overnight Israeli air strike hit a four-storey residential building in Khan Younis, killing at least 32 people and wounding many others, according to survivors.

The fatalities included 13 from the Saqallah family in the al-Qaraha area, east of Khan Younis, said Ammar al-Butta, a relative who survived the attack. He said about 100 people, including his family and many others, had sheltered there.

An Associated Press video showed a dozen white body bags lying on the ground outside the main gate of the hospital. One woman was weeping while another tried to console her.

“We were hosting our relatives from Gaza and the northern cities,” al-Butta said, speaking from the hospital. “They were sheltering at our home because we thought that our area would be safe. But apparently, there is no safe place in Gaza.”

Osama al-Bashity, another relative, said they couldn’t recognise the dead. “We recognised them through the clothes they wore, who wore these trousers, or that T-shirt,” he said. “They turned into pieces.”