Israeli air strikes on Wednesday struck the Islamic University in Gaza City and other locations across the Gaza Strip, killing seven people, officials and witnesses said.
Palestinian authorities reported that three security guards were killed in one of two separate attacks on the Islamic University campus. The strikes on the university compound were among several strikes carried out across Gaza that authorities say resulted in additional fatalities.
Officials said the total death toll from the day's strikes reached seven, with the four other victims killed at different sites across the territory. Details about the identities of those killed outside the university or the exact locations of the other strikes were not immediately available.
The attacks mark a further escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip. Hospitals and local authorities in Gaza continued to receive the wounded and manage the aftermath of the strikes, while international agencies and observers called for information as events unfolded.
Reporting was constrained by limited access to the sites of the strikes and restrictions on independent verification. More details are expected as local authorities and international monitors provide further information.