The majority have been killed through Israeli air strikes, but some by gunfire, according to the civil defense. The attacks are said to have taken place in both northern and southern Gaza, including in a refugee camp. This is reported by AFP, which due to the restrictions imposed on media in Gaza has not been able to verify the information.
The Israeli military (IDF) has declined to comment on the events.
The spokesperson for the civil defense, Mahmud Bassal, says that two children were killed when their home in Gaza City was completely destroyed by an air strike early in the morning.
Abdel Rahman Azzam tells the news agency that he heard a huge explosion and immediately ran to his relatives' house.
Children and women screamed all the time, he says.
Safe zone – which was attacked
The Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee warned on Sunday that forces would act "with intense force" in, among other places, Gaza City and Jabalia.
The inhabitants are recommended to move to the al-Mawasi area further south, which Israel has said will be a safe zone. As recently as on Saturday, however, three children and their families were killed in an attack on a refugee camp there.
At least 72 people were killed on Saturday in Gaza, according to the Hamas-controlled health authorities.
Hamas leader killed
Among the fatalities from Saturday are, in addition to the families in al-Mawasi, also twelve people who were killed in an attack on a sports arena, where displaced Palestinians had sought shelter, and eight people in an apartment building in Gaza City.
The Israeli military states on Telegram that a Hamas leader, Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa, who had a central role in planning and carrying out the terrorist attack against Israel on October 7, was killed in an attack in Gaza City on Friday.
