Summary:

• An Israeli airstrike on houses in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, results in at least 45 casualties, according to health officials.

At least 45 people were killed by an Israeli airstrike on houses in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, health officials said.

“We have received 45 martyrs from the Israeli bombing on the houses of three families in Deir al-Balah in the past hour,” Dr. Eyad Al-Jabri, head of the Shuhada Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah told Reuters.

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