Israeli warplanes launched a series of intense airstrikes on areas east of Khan Yunis on Thursday morning, alongside heavy artillery shelling targeting residential neighborhoods. The attacks resulted in a large number of civilian casualties.The Civil Defense in Gaza announced on Thursday that three people were killed in Israeli airstrikes on the southern Gaza Strip. This follows the deaths of at least 27 Palestinians in a series of airstrikes on Wednesday, marking a continued violation of the ceasefire agreement.

Families in Khan Younis bid farewell to Palestinians killed by the Israeli occupation yesterday, following yet another breach of the ceasefire agreement. pic.twitter.com/Ng3awiAez8

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In a statement, the Civil Defense explained that three bodies and 15 wounded individuals from the Abu Sabt and Sahmoud families were recovered after a residential building in the Bani Suheila area, east of Khan Yunis, was bombed at approximately 4:00 AM (02:00 GMT).

In a separate operation, Civil Defense teams—after coordinating with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)—were able to reach the entrance of the Juhr ad-Dik area in the central Gaza Strip. They rescued the wounded Mohammed Jamal Ghatas, 40, and transported him to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

Earlier in the morning, the body of a one-and-a-half-year-old girl from the Kashko family was recovered after an Israeli airstrike targeted a house in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City.

Update | 19-month-old Maria Kishko’s body was extracted from under the rubble and buried with her family.

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These latest casualties come after 28 Palestinians were killed last Wednesday, including 17 children and women, in addition to dozens wounded, as a result of the ongoing bombardment by the Israeli occupation army on Gaza City and Khan Yunis. This constitutes a clear violation of the ceasefire agreement that went into effect on October 10th.