An Israeli air attack on a residential apartment in western Gaza City killed at least five people and severely wounded at least six others.
The strike hit the al-Asala building in the Remal neighbourhood early Saturday without prior warning, Al Jazeera reports.
Remal is one of Gaza City’s most densely populated residential areas, where thousands of displaced people are sheltering in makeshift camps.
Al-Shaer said the attack took place in the middle of the night while residents were asleep.
“We heard fighter jets getting louder, then three strikes followed, hitting the apartment and killing those inside,” he said.
The strike penetrated the targeted apartment and tore through the floors below, causing further damage throughout the multi-storey building.
Fires continued to burn for at least an hour before Palestinian Civil Defence crews managed to extinguish them.
Al-Shaer described the scene as “horrific”, saying people were buried under the rubble while they slept.
Civil Defence crews were still searching the site for missing people and bodies, he said, as Israeli drones continued flying over the area and fighter jets were heard flying low across the Gaza Strip.
Al-Shifa Hospital said the dead included four women, among them an elderly Christian woman and her daughter.
The six wounded were taken to al-Shifa Hospital for treatment.
