Gaza, Aug. 13 -- At least 49 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, said the civil defense in Gaza.
Mahmoud Basal, the spokesperson for Gaza's civil defense, told Xinhua that 32 people were killed as a result of intensive Israeli airstrikes on the Zeitoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City.
Basal said that the Israeli army destroyed dozens of inhabited homes without prior warning in a "systematic" bombing campaign targeting the neighborhood.
The spokesperson added that civil defense crews are recovering the bodies of the dead under difficult security conditions resulting from the Israeli targeting of the neighborhood, which is densely populated with civilians.
In Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza...