The current conflict began on October 7, 2023, when the Palestinian Islamist Hamas militia and others invaded Israel, killing 1,200 and taking some 250 hostage.
The Palestinian city of Khan Younis was targeted by intensive airstrikes overnight, as Israel pursued its ramped-up offensive across the Gaza Strip.
“No end to hell,” wrote Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency responsible for Palestinian refugees, on X about the situation in northern Gaza.
Israel claimed its soldiers were attacked from schools and rockets fired from them at Israeli towns, while weapons had been found in school buildings.
Reports say that the 16-year-old and 25-year-old victims were from the local Akbat Jaber refugee camp.
