Israel's Attack On Gaza Today Kills 42 People

JAKARTA - A total of 42 people were killed in an Israeli attack on the Gaza City, Palestine district, said Hamas-run director of state media office.

One Israeli attack on a house building in Al-Shati, one of eight historic refugee camps in the Gaza Strip, killed 24 people, Ismail Al-Thawabta told Reuters on Saturday, June 22.

Meanwhile, 18 other Palestinians were killed in an attack on a house building in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood.

The Israeli military issued a brief statement, "some time ago, IDF fighter jets attacked two Hamas military infrastructure sites in the Gaza City region."

Meanwhile, it was also reported that an Israeli citizen was found shot dead in the West Bank. The army said the man was shot dead in the Palestinian city of Qalqilya, where Israeli forces are currently operating in the area.

Reported byAP, Saturday, June 22, the news was delivered a day after Israeli troops shot dead two militants in the same city in the West Bank. No further details were published.

Violence has increased in the West Bank since the Israeli-Hamas war erupted in October 2024. Since then, 549 Palestinians in the region have died from Israeli gunfire, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.

In the same period, Palestinians in the West Bank have killed at least nine Israelis, including five soldiers, according to UN data.