There have been several deaths according to Palestinian sources in a new Israeli strike in the south of the Gaza Strip. The target of the airstrike was said to have been a command centre for the Palestinian militant organization Hamas in a city administration building,

The new year brought more death for civilians in Gaza as Israel Defense Forces airstrikes resulted in 17 killed on Wednesday, according to Palestinian accounts.

One strike early Thursday hit a tent in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone known as Muwasi, where hundreds of thousands of displaced people are sheltering in tents during the cold and rainy winter.