Gaza's Ministry of Health, which is controlled by the terrorist group Hamaspointed out that at least 70 people were killed in a bomb attack Israeli that hit a refugee camp in Gaza Strip This Sunday, the 24th, the balance sheet could not yet be independently confirmed.
The bombing destroyed several houses in Al Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip, according to the Health Ministry, which had previously reported 45 and then 60 deaths.
When contacted by AFP, the Israeli army said it was carrying out “checks” in this regard. Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al Qudra said the attack destroyed “a block of flats” and that the “number (of victims)” could increase given the large number of families living there.
Displaced Palestinian civilians bake bread in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah. Photo: Haitham Imad/EFE
The ministry, controlled by the terrorist group Hamas, also stressed that 10 members of the same family were killed in another Israeli bombing in the Jabalia refugee camp in the north of the Palestinian enclave.
According to Gaza health authorities, more than 20,000 Palestinians have been killed since the war began on October 7, when Hamas terrorists entered Israeli territory and killed 1,200 people.
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This weekend the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that 15 soldiers had died in fighting against the terrorist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “The war is taking a very heavy toll on us, but we have no choice but to keep fighting,” the Israeli prime minister said. Benjamin Netanyahuin a statement this Sunday.
The Netanyahu government has been criticized by Israelis due to the security failures on October 7th and the political decisions that have strengthened the terrorist group Hamas in recent years.
“Over time, the public will find it difficult to ignore the high price that has been paid and the suspicion that the announced goals are far from being achieved,” emphasized Amos Harel, military analyst for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. /AP It is AFP