The assault is without doubt one of the deadliest of the practically three-month-long conflict.
Greater than 100 folks have been killed in Israeli air raids in a single day in central Gaza.
At the very least 70 folks have been killed in strikes in central Gaza’s Maghazi refugee camp, the Palestinian Ministry of Well being stated late on Sunday. Assaults on the Bureij refugee camp noticed the variety of casualties rise to greater than 100.
Well being Ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qudra stated the demise toll on the Maghazi refugee camp was prone to rise.
“What is occurring on the Maghazi camp is a bloodbath that’s being dedicated on a crowded residential sq.,” he stated.
Our bodies have been piling up at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.
Dozens extra are reported to be injured, and a number of other homes have been destroyed within the assault. Households have been digging by the rubble in an try to seek out survivors.
The bombs fell on properties and buildings, reported Hani Mahmoud from Rafah in southern Gaza, destroying neighbourhoods and infrastructure, comparable to roads main out and in of the refugee camps.
With the Bureij refugee camp additionally pounded in a single day, some 100 folks have been killed within the final 12 hours, he added. The overwhelming majority of the victims are girls and youngsters.
“We have been all focused,” stated Ahmad Turokmani, who misplaced a number of members of the family, together with his daughter and grandson. “There isn’t a protected place in Gaza anyway.”
Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum, reporting from Rafah in southern Gaza, stated the Maghazi refugee camp is without doubt one of the most densely populated areas in the midst of the Gaza Strip.
He stated it was one of many locations the Israeli army had beforehand instructed the Palestinians in Gaza to evacuate to. Now the camp has been “utterly flattened”, he stated.
“The overwhelming majority of the casualties proper now have been amongst civilians, together with [a] two weeks [old] child that has been killed in chilly blood on this genocide,” stated Azzoum.
He in contrast the assault with one on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza final week, wherein not less than 90 folks have been killed.
The Maghazi camp was attacked last month as properly when not less than 50 Palestinians have been killed.
Azzoum stated the camp’s surrounding areas had been subjected to intense Israeli shelling within the final couple of days.
The closest hospital to the camp is Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital however well being amenities have been rendered non-functional throughout Gaza as Israel continues to bombard the territory for a 3rd month, killing greater than 20,400 Palestinians since October 7 and displacing greater than 80 % of the two.3 million individuals who stay there.
“Your complete medical care system in Gaza Strip is deteriorating and [is] on the sting of collapse,” stated Azzoum.
Hamas referred to as the air assault on the Maghazi camp “a horrific bloodbath” and stated it was “a brand new conflict crime”.
Israel’s army spokesperson’s workplace stated it was trying into reviews of the assault.
Because the UN Security Council resolution handed on Friday, boosting support to Gaza, the size of air raids has solely elevated in magnitude, Mahmoud famous.
“There’s a big hole between the sheer stage of destruction being brought on by Israeli forces and the promise of extra support,” he remarked.