Middle East: Death toll rises to 125 in Israeli attacks on Gaza

Milan, May 18 (LaPresse) – Medical sources told Al Jazeera that the number of Palestinians killed today in Israeli army attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 125. Among the victims are many children. More than 48 people were killed in airstrikes in the southern city of Khan Younis, where homes and tents sheltering displaced persons were targeted. In northern Gaza, an attack on a house in the Jabalia refugee camp killed nine members of the same family, while another strike in Jabalia on a different home killed ten people, including seven children and a woman.