Pakistan, May 25 -- GAZA - At least 23 Palestinians, including a journalist and a senior rescue official, were killed on Sunday in Israeli airstrikes targeting various areas across the Gaza Strip, according to local health authorities.

The deadly strikes hit homes in Khan Younis, Jabalia, and Nuseirat. In Jabalia, journalist Hassan Majdi Abu Warda and several of his family members lost their lives when an Israeli missile struck their residence early in the day, medics reported.

Meanwhile, in central Gaza's Nuseirat, a separate strike claimed the lives of Ashraf Abu Nar-a senior official from the civil emergency service-and his wife. Their home was hit during an early morning assault. The Israeli military has not yet commented on the str...