Updated || 22 dead since dawn today.. Two dead and injuries in the bombing of the Latin Monastery Church in Gaza

Two women were killed and others injured Thursday morning in an Israeli drone strike targeting the Latin Monastery Church in the Old City east of Gaza City.

Medical sources reported that the raid caused significant material damage to the church building, while the Baptist Hospital announced the arrival of two dead and a number of wounded, including the church's pastor, who sustained injuries.

This targeting comes as part of an ongoing escalation in the Gaza Strip, where the occupation forces have continued their aerial and artillery bombardment of various areas, resulting in the deaths of dozens of displaced persons and the injury of dozens more since the early hours of Thursday morning.

Medical sources in Gaza Strip hospitals reported that 22 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes launched by occupation forces since dawn on Thursday. Of the dead, 13 were killed in raids that specifically targeted Gaza City, causing widespread destruction and a growing humanitarian crisis.

This morning, eight citizens were killed as a result of the occupation's bombing of aid workers in Al-Sudaniya, west of Gaza City.

Local sources reported that a citizen, his wife, and their five children were killed when Israeli warplanes targeted a house in Jabalia al-Balad, north of the Gaza Strip.

In the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, four citizens were killed and others were injured when the occupation forces bombed an apartment belonging to the Abu Eida family near the Imam al-Shafi'i School. Another citizen was also killed and others were injured when the occupation forces bombed an apartment belonging to the Ajur family west of Gaza.

In the Nuseirat camp, four citizens were killed and others were injured in an artillery shelling that targeted a group of citizens near the Abu Odeh olive press on Salah al-Din Street, east of the camp. Four other citizens were killed and others were injured when the occupation forces bombed a tent housing displaced people inside the Abu Helou School in the Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip. In addition, one citizen was killed and others were injured when the occupation forces bombed a gathering of citizens near the Bahloul station in the al-Nasr neighborhood, west of Gaza City.

In the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, a number of citizens were injured in the occupation's bombing of the al-Baraka area south of the city.

The occupation army also blew up residential buildings northwest of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.