GAZA CITY, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, MAY 5 (AFP/APP/DNA):Gaza’s civil defence agency said two Israeli air strikes killed at least 19 people in the Palestinian territory’s north early Monday.
“Our teams found 15 martyrs and 10 wounded, mostly children and women, after an Israeli strike on three apartments” northwest of Gaza City, said the agency’s spokesman, Mahmud Bassal.
Four other people were killed and four wounded in a strike on a house in Beit Lahiya, north of Gaza City, he told AFP.
The Israeli military has yet to comment on the reported strikes.
It has intensified aerial bombardments and expanded ground operations in the Gaza Strip since resuming its offensive in the Palestinian territory on March 18.
Israel blocked the entry of all aid into the besieged territory of about 2.4 million people on March 2.
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