At least 17 dead after several Israeli attacks in central and northern Gaza

MADRID Jan. 1 (EUROPA PRESS) –

At least 17 people have died on New Year’s Day as a result of several attacks by the Israeli Defense Forces in the Bureij refugee camp, located in the center of the Gaza Strip, and in Jabalia, in the north of the enclave. Palestinian.

A total of 15 people, most of them children, have died after Israeli planes attacked Jabalia, while at least two Palestinians have lost their lives after an attack on a house in Bureij, according to the WAFA news agency.

The authorities of the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), have raised the death toll from the Israeli offensive to more than 45,500 since the attacks by Palestinian militias on October 7, 2023.

The Israeli Armed Forces launched the offensive in retaliation for the attacks, which left some 1,200 dead and 250 kidnapped on Israeli soil and opened a new stage of tensions in the Middle East. Despite international efforts, Hamas and Israel have not agreed to a ceasefire since the previous agreement failed more than a year ago.