Pakistan, July 11 -- GAZA CITY - At least 66 people, including eight children, were killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza on Thursday, Gaza's civil defence confirmed. The children were standing in line for nutritional aid outside a clinic in Deir el-Balah when the strike hit.

The clinic, run by U.S.-based charity Project Hope, was providing life-saving treatment for malnutrition, infections, and other illnesses. The organization said 15 people were killed at the site, including 10 children and two women. Witnesses described the chaos as the sound of drones was followed by a sudden explosion.

According to UNICEF, one of the victims was a one-year-old boy who had just spoken his first words. His mother, now critically injured, had brou...