Families in Gaza mourn loved ones killed in Israeli airstrikes as fighting intensifies
![Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at a hospital morgue in Deir al-Balah on July 9, 2024. Two men hug each other in tears outside a morgue.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7259685.1720638174!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/israel-palestinians.jpg)
A series of Israeli airstrikes over the past two days has killed dozens in Gaza. More than 40 Palestinians were killed on Tuesday, in Gaza City in the north, Bureij, Deir al-Balah and Nuseirat in central Gaza and in Rafah in the south, according to medics.