CAIRO — Israeli missiles set ablaze a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza, killing or wounding 65 people, the enclave's civil emergency service said on Tuesday (Sept 10), in what the Israeli military called a strike on a Hamas command centre. The Hamas-run Gaza government media office put the number of fatalities at more than 40.
Palestinians inspect the site following Israeli strikes on a tent camp sheltering displaced people, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, at the Al-Mawasi area in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Sept 10, 2024.CAIRO — Israeli missiles set ablaze a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza, killing or wounding 65 people, the enclave's civil emergency service said on Tuesday , in what the Israeli military called a strike on a Hamas command centre.
The Gaza civil emergency service said at least 20 tents caught fire, and missiles caused craters as deep as nine metres. It said the 65 victims included women and children but did not immediately provide a breakdown of deaths and injuries. "The terrorists advanced and carried out terror attacks against IDF troops and the state of Israel," the statement said, referring to the Israeli Defence Forces.
Ambulances raced between the tent camp and a nearby hospital, while Israeli jets could still be heard overhead, residents said.
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