DUBAI, March 25. /TASS/. At least 18 civilians were killed in Israeli airstrikes at the city of Deir al Balah in the central part of the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reports.

According to the report, many people were also injured by Israeli strikes and were subsequently hospitalized.

Al Jazeera also reports intense artillery shelling and bombardments near two Palestinian hospitals: the Nasser Medical Center in Khan Yunis and the al-Shifa hospital in the north. According to the port, the outskirts of the Nasser hospital are being subjected to carpet bombing, while the building itself is surrounded by tanks.

"Snipers fire at everyone moving down the road, there are many dead bodies in the streets," a witness told Al Jazeera.