At least one residential building in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip was hit by rockets.in the early hours of this Friday (13), leaving 45 people dead and dozens more injured, according to local press reports.
An airstrike hit the alShihab family home in the center of Jabaliya camp, Interior Ministry spokesman Eyad Bozum said., to the Associated Press. AlShihab’s home was crowded with dozens of relatives at the time of the airstrike, Bozum says. Some family members fled the attackers and sought refuge in the attacked area.
Bozum said the death toll is likely to rise due to ongoing airstrikesas civil defense staff were still busy retrieving bodies from the rubble and counting the dead.
According to the Israeli military, three Hamas operatives were also hit According to the IDF, they were officers from the military command in Gaza City.
Other targets include tunnels, military sites and residences of highranking officials used as military command centersWeapon storage and communication rooms.
The IDF said it carried out airstrikes overnight against 750 targets of Hamas and other terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip pic.twitter.com/WOiUCmgOsL
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) October 13, 2023