Among the dead were 10 people in the urban Jabaliya refugee camp, including eight from the same house, according to the Indonesian Hospital, which received the bodies.
In the southern city of Khan Younis, seven people were killed, one of them a pregnant woman, according to Nasser Hospital, where the bodies were brought.
The strikes came a day after more than two dozen people died in Gaza as Israel ramps up attacks, pressuring Hamas to return the hostages and disarm.
US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visits the Western Wall (Leo Correa/AP)
US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Friday appeared at the Western Wall, the holiest Jewish prayer site in Jerusalem’s Old City.
Mr Huckabee inserted a prayer into the wall, which he said was handwritten by US president Donald Trump.
“Those are his initials, DT,“ said Mr Huckabee while showing the note to the media.
In his first act as ambassador, Mr Huckabee said Mr Trump told him to take his prayer and pray for the peace of Jerusalem, he said.
Mr Huckabee also said every effort was being made to bring the remaining hostages held by Hamas home.
Mike Huckabee holds a note given to him by Donald Trump (Leo Correa/AP)
A one-time presidential hopeful, Mr Huckabee has acknowledged his past support for Israel’s right to annex the West Bank and incorporate its Palestinian population into Israel – but said it would not be his “p...
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