20 killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza refugee camp

Two journalists were killed and another journalist was injured on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike targeting their vehicle in the southern Gaza Strip, according to Hamas media office, reported Xinhua.

In a statement, the office identified the two journalists as Hamza Al-Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya, whose car was targeted by an Israeli bombing during their press coverage in Rafah in the far south of the Palestinian enclave.

Hamza Al-Dahdouh was the eldest son of Al Jazeera correspondent Wael Al-Dahdouh, whose wife and a number of family members were killed in October in an Israeli bombing in the central Gaza Strip.

The office condemned "the continuing crimes committed by the Israeli army against journalists, which were aimed at intimidating journalists and attempting to obscure the truth by preventing them from media coverage."

The number of journalists killed in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 has risen to 109, the statement said, calling on press unions to pressure Israel to stop its attacks against journalists.

Meanwhile, Israeli army launched on Saturday night airstrikes on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip, killing at least 20 people, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported on Sunday.

According to the report, dozens of injured people have been sent to hospitals, many of whom were in serious condition.

Local sources told Xinhua that many people are still buried under the rubble and the death toll may further rise.

The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip rose to 22,835, and the injuries have reached 58,416, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said Sunday.

In a press statement, the ministry said that the Israeli army "launched 12 strikes against families in the Gaza Strip, killing 133 Palestinians and wounding 250 others during the past 24 hours."

Since Oct. 7, Israel has been launching a large-scale military offensive in the Palestinian enclave after Hamas's unprecedented attack on southern Israel, which claimed the lives of around 1,200 Israelis, according to the Israeli authorities.