Middle East: Death toll rises to at least 40 in Gaza in Israeli raid

Deir al-Balah (Gaza Strip), 26 May (LaPresse) – According to local health officials, Israeli attacks launched this morning have killed at least 40 people in the northern Gaza Strip. Al-Shifa Hospital reported that fifteen people from the same family, including five women and two children, were killed in an attack on a home. The Gaza Health Ministry had previously stated that at least 25 people had been killed in an attack on a school converted into a shelter in Gaza City.