Over 50 people killed in Israeli airstrikes

At least 54 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza strip on January 2nd, due to Israeli air strikes. This includes 11 people in a tent camping area, which is providing shelter for displaces families, according to medics.

These 11 people include women and children from the Al-Mawasi district, which was a humanitarian area for civilians during the war with Israel and Gaza’s Hamas group, Asharq Al-Awsat via Reuters reports. It is reportedly now in its 15th month of being a humanitarian area.

The director general of Gaza’s police department, Mahmoud Salah was also killed in the airstrikes, the Hamas-led Gaza interior ministry said.

On January 2nd, separate Israeli airstrikes killed at least four people in Jala Street, downtown Gaza and two people in the Zeitoun district, medics report.

Asharq Al-Awsat via Reuters.