Israel resumed its military offensive in the Gaza Strip on March 18, after the collapse of a two-month ceasefire that had brought a temporary halt to fighting in the blockaded Palestinian territory.
“If we do not see progress in the return of the hostages in the near future, we will expand our activities to a larger and more significant operation,“ Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir said.
Nidal al-Sarafiti, a relative, said the strike happened as the family was sleeping.
Nine people were killed and several wounded in another strike on a former police station in the Jabalia area of northern Gaza, according to a statement from the Indonesian hospital, where the casualties were taken.
Israel’s military said it struck a Hamas “command and control centre” in the Jabalia area but did not say whether it was the police station.
Another 26 people were killed in strikes across the territory, medics and the civil defence agency reported.
“Due to ongoing terrorist activities and sniper fire against IDF troops in the area, the IDF is intensely operating in the area,“ the military’s Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee said on X.
Aid agencies estimate that the vast majority of Gaza's 2.4 million residents have been displaced at least once since the war began.
In the aftermath of a strike in Khan Yunis, AFP footage showed bodies on the ground, including those of a young woman and a boy in body bags, surrounded by grieving relatives kissing and stroking their faces.
Since Israel resumed its military operations, at least 1,978 people have been killed in Gaza, raising the overall death toll to at least 51,355 since the war began, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory.
It had initially denied operating in the area where a Bulgarian employee of United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) was killed on March 19.
The findings come after the military on Sunday reported on a separate probe into the killing of 15 Palestinian emergency workers in Gaza.
The war was ignited by the Hamas-led October 7 attack on Israel, which resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.
Israeli officials maintain that the ongoing military campaign is essential to securing the release of the remaining hostages.
However, many families of the captives, along with thousands of protesters, have strongly criticised the authorities for pressing ahead with the offensive rather than striking a deal.
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