The Israeli army launched a missile attack targeting a humanitarian zone in the Gaza Strip early on Tuesday (September 10, 2024), killing and injuring dozens. File | Photo Credit: Reuters
At least 40 killed, 60 injured in Israeli attack on Mawasi in Gaza Strip, Palestinians… Loyalty the news agency says.
Details were unclear about the attack in the Mawasi coastal community, west of Khan Younis, which the Israeli military has designated as a humanitarian zone. The area is home to many Palestinians displaced by the uprising. Israel–Hamas War In which the Israeli army has devastated the vast Gaza Strip Hamas’ 7 October attack On Israel.
The Israeli military described the attack as “an attack on key Hamas terrorists operating within a command and control center,” though it did not immediately provide any additional evidence.
Palestinian News Agency Loyalty Dozens of people were killed and injured, it said. It said five missiles struck the area, leaving craters on the ground.
The Israeli military said it used “precision ammunition, aerial surveillance and additional means” to limit civilian casualties, which it did not immediately describe.
Footage circulating on social media showed deep craters at the site of the attack, ruins scattered around it, torn tents, a bicycle and other debris. Rescue workers used shovels to remove sand. Bystanders dug with their hands, using mobile phone light.
Gaza’s health ministry said 40,000 Palestinians have been killed The death toll in Gaza is the highest since the war began. It does not distinguish between combatants and civilians in its count. The war has caused massive destruction and displaced about 90% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million at various times.
The Hamas-led militants killed about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, in their assault on October 7. They kidnapped 250 people and still hold about 100 hostages after Israel released the rest in exchange for Palestinians held captive during a week-long ceasefire last November. About a third of the remaining hostages are believed to have died.
Published – September 10, 2024 08:14 am IST