Israeli airstrikes on Palestinian territories kill dozens more

Israeli strikes on Palestinian territories have killed more than two-dozen Palestinians on Wednesday, according to local officials.

They say an Israeli airstrike killed five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and at least 20 people, including 16 women and children, were killed in the Gaza Strip.

Gaza's Health Ministry says Tuesday's strike on a tent camp in an Israeli-designated humanitarian zone killed at least 19 people.

The Health Ministry says over 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the Israel-Hamas war began. It does not differentiate between fighters and civilians in its count. The war has caused vast destruction and displaced around 90 per cent of Gaza's population of 2.3 million, often multiple times.

Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in their October 7 attack that sparked the war.

They abducted another 250 and are still holding around 100. Around a third of them are believed to be dead.

Istrike has killed five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials say.