Israeli warplanes struck by air-to-ground rockets early on Monday several buildings into the Islamic University of Gaza, witnesses and security source

Gaza - Israeli war jets struck shortly after midnight a building in the Islamic University of Gaza. Residents in Remal neighborhood in western Gaza City said they heard four huge explosions early Monday that wrecked the whole area, adding that white and gray pillars of smoke were seen coming out of the building.

Israeli drones and F16 warplanes hovered over Gaza City. The buzz of the drones was heard shortly before the four airstrikes were carried out.

A building at the female campus in the Islamic University compound that include chemical labs was completely destroyed, sources said.

Shortly before midnight, two Palestinian civilians, including a child, were killed and four were wounded in an Israeli airstrike on northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia, medics and witnesses said.