Gaza, March 16 (QNA) - One Palestinian citizen was killed and others were wounded today in an Israeli airstrike targeting Gaza City.

Local Palestinian sources reported that at least one citizen was killed and five others were injured, some critically, when an Israeli airstrike targeted a group of civilians in the Safatawi neighborhood, north of Gaza City.

The sources also reported that a child was wounded by Israeli fire in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip.

Earlier today, health authorities in the Gaza Strip announced that the death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Strip has risen to 72,247, with 171,878 wounded since October 7, 2023. (QNA)