Gaza health ministry investigating suspected toxic gas deaths

The ministry said in a statement that an unspecified number of bodies were taken to Al-Shefa Hospital, Gaza and forensic examinations found they died from asphyxiation.

It added that sympoms indicated possible exposure to "toxic gas" and samples were taken away for investigation.
 
The New Arab cannot independently verify these claims.

Ongoing Israeli airstrikes have killed 83 people in Gaza, including 17 children and seven women. A further 487 have been wounded.

In Israel, six people have been killed as a result of Hamas rocket attacks, including a soldier, three women, and two children. Dozens of Israelis have also been wounded.

The escalation in the conflict was sparked by Israel's plans to forcibly expel residents of the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood.

Tensions rose further after assaults on worshippers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque, when hundreds of Palestinians were injured during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

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