Gaza: Four Palestinians were killed and others injured Monday evening as a result of Israeli airstrikes targeting the cities of Khan Yunis and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

According to Qatar News Agency, local sources reported that a citizen was killed after being targeted by a drone south of Khan Yunis, and another was killed in a drone strike on the Al Iqlimee area of the city. Additionally, another individual succumbed to wounds sustained Sunday evening in a strike targeting a house in the Al Amal area of the same city.

Medical sources confirmed that the body of a martyr arrived at Nasser Medical Complex after it was targeted by occupation aircraft in the Al Shakoush area, northwest of Rafah. The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to more than 45 since dawn today, amid escalating Israeli aggression.

Earlier today, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that the death toll in the Gaza Strip had risen to 50,752, with 115,475 wounded, the majority of them children and women, since the start of the Israeli occupation’s aggression on Oct. 7, 2023.