A pair of Israeli strikes in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis early Thursday, November 20, killed five people, according to hospital officials, bringing the death toll from airstrikes in the Palestinian territory over a roughly 12-hour period to 33.

The strikes have been some of the deadliest since October 10, when a US-brokered ceasefire came into force.

The renewed escalation came after Israel said its soldiers had come under fire in Khan Younis on Wednesday. Israel said no soldiers were killed and responded with strikes.

Officials at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis said they received the bodies of 17 people, including five women and five children, following four Israeli airstrikes targeting tents sheltering displaced people.

In Gaza City, two airstrikes on a building killed 16 peo

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