"Eleven people, including a woman and girl, were killed when an Israeli air strike struck the Safad school in Gaza City sheltering displaced people," civil defence agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP, adding several people were also wounded.

Meanwhile, six civilians were killed on Sunday evening in an Israeli bombing that targeted a group of civilians in the city of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.

This raised the number of Palestinians killed since the start of the Israeli war on Gaza to 40,738 people and those wounded to 94,154 people - most of whom are women and children.

West Bank
 

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces blew up a home in the Jenin refugee camp on the fifth consecutive day of a major Israeli assault on various towns and villages in the occupied West Bank.

The Israeli operations have left 20 dead and dozens injured, in addition to widespread destruction of citizens' properties, public and private facilities and infrastructure, including water and electricity networks.

Meanwhile, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian citizens' vehicles near the town of Taqou near Bethlehem.

Activist Mustafa Al-Baddan told WAFA that several settlers gathered at the western entrance to the said town, and attacked citizens' vehicles with stones. However, no injuries were reported.

The United Nations said on Wednesday that at least 637 Palestinians had been killed in the West Bank by Israeli troops or settlers since the Gaza war began on 7 October.