Palestinian family, including 6 children, martyred in Israeli airstrike in Gaza

Six children of a Palestinian family have been martyred in an Israeli airstrike against a refugee camp in the besieged Gaza Strip.

In the pre-dawn airstrike by Israeli warplanes against al-Shati refugee camp, the six children and at least another member of their family were killed, the Palestinian Ma'an news agency reported.

It added that the airstrike demolished the Palestinian house and further wounded more than 20 others in the camp, which is located in northern Gaza Strip along the Mediterranean Sea coastline.

The development came as Israel has been pounding the blockaded enclave with repeated airstrikes for the past several days.

The United Nation said on Friday that it estimates some 10,000 Palestinians have had to abandon their homes in Gaza “due to the ongoing hostilities” amid an Israeli offensive.