A minimum of 71 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike that hit a densely populated space of displaced folks within the al-Mawasi space of Khan Younis in Gaza, the Hamas-run well being ministry says.
The Israeli navy had designated this space as a secure zone, urging Palestinians to hunt shelter there.
Greater than 289 folks had been injured within the strike, in keeping with the well being ministry’s assertion.
The Israeli navy stated it’s trying into the incident. Israeli media is reporting that senior Hamas chief Mohammed Deif was a goal of the assault.
An eyewitness informed the BBC that the location of the strike regarded like an “earthquake” had hit, and movies from the realm present smouldering wreckage and bloodied casualties being loaded onto stretchers. Folks might be seen attempting desperately to select via the rubble of a giant crater with their arms.
Footage from the close by Kuwait discipline hospital revealed chaos with sufferers being handled on the ground.
A Hamas official, cited by Reuters, known as the assault a “grave escalation” that confirmed Israel was not keen on reaching a ceasefire settlement.
