Palestinian health officials and medics say an Israeli airstrike hit a tent sheltering displaced families in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Monday, killing two people and injuring 17 others. The dead include six-year-old Mennatallah Abu Libda and a 31-year-old woman, Hanan Mahmoud, according to the reports. Medics say the wounded include children, and injuries ranged across those in and around the shelter.
Witnesses cited by one report say two helicopters carried out the attack. Another outlet reports that the Israeli military says it targeted militants, while Palestinian sources describe the strike as occurring in a tent encampment for displaced families. The accounts agree on the location in southern Gaza, the general setting as a tent shelter for displaced people, and the overall casualty figures of two deaths and 17 injuries, including children.
