At least 12 people have been killed, and about 25 people were injured in Israeli strikes in Khan Younis, the Nasser Hospital has confirmed. Reports say that women and children were among the victims following heavy bombardment in proximity of a makeshift shelter. A video showed arrival of the wounded at Nasser Hospital after strikes hit the area of an UNRWA school in Khan Younis.More than 18,700 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza by Israeli attacks since October 7, as per officials in Gaza.The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) says it captured and destroyed the command center for Hamas’s Shejaiya battalion in northern Gaza. The Israeli soldiers killed gunmen and destroyed a tunnel shaft at the scene, as per IDF’s latest update released on Dec. 15. It says forces operating in Khan Younis tackled terror infrastructure, including numerous tunnel shafts, and killed “many” gunmen there.