The Israeli occupation committed a new massacre by targeting displaced families’ tents northwest of Khan Younis, killing 12 people, the majority of them children and women.

Nasser Medical Hospital announced that 12 civilians were killed after Israeli artillery shelling struck the tents of displaced people in the Asda’a area of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, with half of the victims being children.

The ongoing Israeli onslaught in Gaza has so far claimed the lives of 62,263 Palestinians, injured 157,365 others, most of them women and children, in addition to more than 9,000 missing persons.