GAZA, July 14 (Xinhua) -- At least 47 Palestinians were killed in Israeli shelling and gunfire across Gaza on Monday, according to Palestinian sources.

Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Civil Defense in Gaza, told Xinhua that in central Gaza, five people were killed and four others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a Palestinian gathering in the Bureij refugee camp, and one person was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a water distribution tanker in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp,

Three were killed in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in the al-Nasr neighborhood, west of Gaza City, and five others were killed in an airstrike on a gathering in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of the city, Basal said.

Nine were killed, including a woman, and dozens of others wounded in Israeli shelling of several homes and a gathering in the Shuja'iyya, Zeitoun, Tal al-Hawa, and al-Sabra neighborhoods east and south of the city, he said.

Two were killed in Israeli shelling on the Jabalia area, northern Gaza, he said.

Meanwhile, Palestinian medical sources said 20 people were killed by Israeli airstrikes on tents housing displaced persons in various parts of Khan Younis, and two were killed by Israeli gunfire near a U.S.-backed aid center north of Rafah, southern Gaza.

Palestinian armed factions in Gaza said in separate statements that they have engaged in armed clashes east of al-Tuffah, Jabalia, and Khan Younis.

Hamas said it targeted with a missile an Israeli armored personnel carrier with a soldier on board north of Khan Younis. The Islamic Jihad movement said it blew up several Israeli military vehicles in al-Tuffah, eastern Gaza.

Also on Monday, Hamas accused in a press statement the Israeli army of waging a "systematic water war" against Gaza residents.

In a separate development, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned Monday that the continued absence of international deterrence mechanisms is encouraging Israeli settlers to escalate violations against Palestinians and their property in the West Bank.

On March 18, Israel resumed its military operations in the enclave. At least 7,568 Palestinians have been killed and 27,036 others injured since Israel renewed its intensive strikes, bringing the total death toll since October 2023 to 58,386, and injuries to 139,077, Gaza-based health authorities said Monday.

Violence in the West Bank has surged since the outbreak of the Gaza war. According to UN figures, Israeli settlers have escalated attacks against Palestinians, while Israeli military raids have killed about 1,000 Palestinians in the territory. ■