Israeli Strikes in Central and Northern Gaza Kill More Than 30 People

As Israel’s military wages a renewed offensive in the northern part of the enclave, Al Bureij and Nuseirat in central Gaza came under attack.

Israeli airstrikes pummeled two areas in central Gaza and a town in the north of the enclave on Sunday morning, killing more than 30 people and wounding several others, according to local rescue and emergency services.

In central Gaza on Sunday morning, a strike on a home in Nuseirat killed four people, the Palestinian Civil Defense said in a statement. Strikes in nearby Al Bureij killed 13 people, according to Mahmoud Basal, a spokesman for the Civil Defense, an emergency rescue group. He said that several others were wounded and that rescuers were still searching for people under the rubble.

The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the strikes in central Gaza, which came as it is waging a renewed offensive in the northern part of the enclave. In an effort to stamp out what the military has called a Hamas resurgence, Israeli troops, tanks and armed drones have bombarded northern Gaza almost daily.

On Sunday, the town of Beit Lahia again came under attack. Mr. Basal said, an Israel strike on a house there killed 15 people. Another strike hit a residential building where dozens of people were sheltering, Mr. Basal said, adding that information on casualties was not immediately available since rescue teams were unable to reach the area.

Gaza’s Civil Defense said it was forced to cease rescue operations in the north late last month because of attacks by the Israeli military on its members and destruction of its equipment.

Gabby Sobelman contributed reporting from Rehovot, Israel.