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Israeli airstrikes kill at least three dozen Palestinians in Gaza
Palestinians mourn a relative killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at a hospital in Khan Younis, August 24, 2024

ANOTHER barrage of Israeli air strikes killed at least three dozen Palestinians in southern Gaza, health workers said on Saturday.

This came as officials including a Hamas delegation gathered for high-level ceasefire talks in neighbouring Egypt.

Eleven members of a family, including two children, were among the dead after an air strike hit their home in Khan Younis, according to Nasser hospital, which received a total of 33 bodies from three strikes in and around the city that also hit tuk-tuks and passers by. 

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