At least 12 killed in Gaza airstrikes

UN agency says staffer shot dead in West Bank raid

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Relatives and friends of hostages held by Hamas block a road during a protest demanding their release, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Friday. Hamas abducted 250 people in their Oct. 7 attack and are still holding around 100.

Israeli airstrikes continued to hit Gaza overnight and early Friday, killing at least 12 people in their homes, the Palestinian territory's Civil Defence said.

The strikes hit homes in Deir al Balah's Nuseirat Camp as well as in Rafah, it said. In Nuseirat, three people died, including a woman and a child, and 11 others were injured by the strikes. In Rafah, strikes killed five people, including two children, Civil Defence spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal said.