At least 40 individuals have been killed from Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense Service.

“From early this morning until now, we have counted 40 martyrs,” said the agency’s spokesperson, Mohammed al-Mughayer.

According to the spokesperson, eight people lost their lives when a family home in Tabaala, in northern Gaza, was hit by missiles.

Another ten were killed in an Israeli strike on the home of the al-Ghamari family in the Sundania neighborhood of Gaza City.

Earlier, another strike on the home of the al-Agha family near Khan Younis resulted in the deaths of eight people. In four other separate strikes throughout the enclave, another 14 individuals lost their lives.