Funerals After at Least 30 People Killed in Israeli Strikes in Central Gaza Late Monday

At least 30 people, including six children and two women, were killed in Israeli strikes in central Gaza late Monday.

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, where the bodies were taken, provided an updated toll Tuesday as more bodies were recovered from the rubble.

Mourners outside Al-Aqsa Hospital carried bodies wrapped with white and held prayers ahead of the burial.

“All were killed, 25 people … What did they do? They were sleeping at 12 at night - what did they do?“ said Um Wael, whose relatives were killed in the airstrike.

The strikes took place on the anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack into southern Israel that triggered the war.

Two strikes hit houses in the built-up Bureij refugee camp, which dates back to the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation.

About a dozen wounded, including several children, were also taken to the hospital.

The Palestinian death toll in the war in Gaza is nearing 42,000, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which doesn’t differentiate between civilians and militants.