Palestinian reports: Dozens killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza City

At least 25 people have been killed in an Israeli attack on a neighbourhood in Gaza City, Palestinian sources reported on Wednesday.

Medical sources in Gaza said the airstrike hit a restaurant and a busy market, with several other people injured.

The Palestinian WAFA news agency reported that rockets hit the restaurant and a nearby intersection with market stalls, killing a Palestinian journalist among others. The Israeli military said it would investigate the report.

After a separate attack on a former school building in the city, volunteers recovered 15 bodies from the rubble, according to the Hamas-controlled civil defence service. Ten others were reported injured.

Palestinian sources said the building had been used to house displaced people. Local media published footage reportedly showing several men, some in a state of despair, mourning the victims wrapped in shrouds. The Israeli military did not initially comment on the reports when asked.

The information about the attacks could not be independently verified.

According to WAFA, 61 people have been killed in attacks in the Gaza Strip since Monday night. Medical sources said the number of people killed in an attack on a former school building housing displaced people in Al-Bureij on Tuesday evening has risen to 33 from 17.

Israel said that evening it had attacked a Hamas command and control centre where weapons were also stored.