The Israeli military carried out an airstrike on a refugee detention facility in the middle of the Palestinian Gaza Strip, killing at least 28 people, local medical authorities announced on the 10th.
Health authorities in the Gaza Strip, ruled by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, said in a statement today that at least 28 people, including women and children, were killed and 54 wounded at a school in downtown Deir al-Balah. .
Gaza health authorities’ casualty figures do not distinguish between militants and civilians.
The Gaza authorities also announced that the lives of patients were in danger because the Israeli military ordered the evacuation of three hospitals in northern Gaza.
At the same time, the Israeli military said that the airstrike on Deir al-Balah was carried out as a precision strike and that it was “another example of the terrorist group Hamas systematically abusing its fundamental civilian structure in violation of international law. “
Last week, the Israeli military began a ground operation in the Jabalia refugee camp, the largest in the Gaza Strip, and at least 130 Palestinians have been killed so far in this operation alone, health authorities said. Gaza.
Gaza authorities said the war between Israel and Hamas, which has been going on for more than a year, has killed more than 42,000 Palestinians and displaced most of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents out of place.
VOA news
* This article refers to Reuters.
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2024-10-10 14:40:00
