As a result of IDF strikes on a residential area of the Gaza Strip, more than 20 people were killed.

An Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) strike on a residential area in the northern Gaza Strip killed about 23 people. This was reported on April 9 by The Guardian, citing health officials.

According to the Al-Ahly hospital, eight women and eight children were among the dead. It is specified that the strike fell on a four-story building in the Shujaiya area.

According to the Israeli military, the target of the IDF was a "high-ranking militant" of the Palestinian group Hamas, but his name was not given.

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Earlier that day, the IDF, with the support of the country's Air Force, destroyed over 45 facilities in the Gaza Strip in a day. According to the Israeli military, in the Tel Sultan area of Rafah, soldiers of the Gaza division discovered tunnels and destroyed militant shelters.