Photo taken on May 19, 2021 shows explosions following an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on May 19, 2021. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)
GAZA, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Five Palestinians, including a local journalist, were killed on Wednesday in a fresh round of Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip that have been going on for 10 days, medics said.
The killed journalist was identified as Yousef Abu Hussein who works for al-Aqsa Radio, the Gaza-based radio station run by Hamas. Israeli fighter jets directly struck an apartment in northern Gaza city and killed him.
Three other Palestinians were killed in a predawn Israeli airstrike on another apartment in Gaza city.
Eyewitnesses and security sources said one woman was killed during an airstrike on an apartment in the Remal neighborhood in western Gaza city, adding eight others were injured in separate airstrikes in Gaza.
Israeli fighter jets and artillery carried out dozens of strikes on buildings, apartments and roads all over the Gaza Strip overnight and on Wednesday morning, according to eyewitnesses.
Palestinians inspect a destroyed building after an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on May 19, 2021. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)
On Wednesday, the ministry of health in Gaza said 219 Palestinians have been killed and 1,530 others injured in the recent Israeli bombardments on Gaza.
According to Israeli media reports and official figures, rockets fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel in the last 10 days have killed 12 Israelis, including two foreign workers. ■
