Israel kills 34 in Gaza ahead of UN meeting on Palestinian state recognition

22-Sep-2025

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Israeli strikes killed at least 34 people in Gaza City overnight, including children, said health officials on September 21, as Israel presses ahead with its offensive in the famine-stricken city and several countries prepare to recognise a Palestinian state.

Health officials at Shifa Hospital, where most of the bodies were brought, said the dead included 14 people killed in a late-night strike on September 20, which hit a residential block in the southern side of the city. 

Health staff said a nurse who worked at the hospital was among the dead, along with his wife and three children.