Fresh strikes in Gaza kill 31 as international scholars accuse Israel of genocide

DEIR AL-BALAH: Israel launched strikes across the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 31 people as it presses ahead with a major offensive in the territory’s largest city, according to health officials. Leading genocide scholars, meanwhile, joined other rights groups in accusing Israel of genocide, allegations it vehemently rejects.On the city’s outskirts and in the Jabaliya refugee camp, residents have observed explosive-laden robots demolishing buildings. “Another merciless night in Gaza City,” said Saeed Abu Elaish, a Jabaliya-born medic sheltering in the northwestern side of the city.Hospitals in Gaza said at least 31 people were killed by Israeli fire on Monday, more than half women and children.