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In Jabalia, local journalist Hassan Majdi Abu Warda, several families were killed in an airstrike

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At least 20 Palestinians, including a journalist and a senior rescue service official, were killed in Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, local health authorities said.

Medics said the fatalities resulted from separate Israeli strikes in Khan Younis in the south, Jabalia in the north, and Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip.

In Jabalia, local journalist Hassan Majdi Abu Warda and several family members were killed in an airstrike that hit his house earlier on Sunday, medics said.

Another airstrike in Nuseirat killed Ashraf Abu Nar, a senior official in the territory's civil emergency service, and his wife in their house, medics added.

There was no immediate comment by the Israeli military.

The Hamas-run Gaza government media office said that Abu Warda's death raised the number of Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023, to 220.

The armed wing of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad said in separate statements on Sunday that fighters carried out several ambushes and attacks using bombs and anti-tank rockets against Israeli forces operating in several areas across Gaza.

On Friday the Israeli military said it had conducted more strikes in Gaza overnight, hitting 75 targets including weapons

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