Palestinian officials say an Israeli airstrike has killed 20 people in northern Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH: Palestinian medical officials say an Israeli airstrike in the northern

Gaza Strip

has killed at least 20 people, mostly women and children.
Hossam Abu Safiya, the director of a nearby hospital that received the casualties, said the strike late Monday hit a home in the town of Beit Lahiya where multiple families were sheltering.
The dead included eight women and six children, according to a list provided by the

Gaza

health ministry's emergency service.