By Nidal Maghribi
CAIRO (Reuters) – Dozens of Palestinians were killed or injured in an Israeli attack on a multi-storey residential building in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza on Sunday, medics told Reuters.
There were no immediate figures on how many people were killed. The Palestinian Civil Emergency said about 70 people live in the property.
The official media office of Hamas-run Gaza put the death toll at 72.
There was no immediate comment from Israel. He has often accused Hamas’ media office of exaggerating the death toll.
Video footage of the strike site obtained by Reuters showed locals pulling bodies from a large pile of rubble, with surrounding houses also damaged, some heavily damaged.
The Israeli army sent tanks into Beit Lahia and the nearby towns of Beit Hanoun and Jabalia, the largest of the eight historic refugee camps in the Gaza Strip, in what it said was an attack by Hamas militants. was to fight and prevent them from regrouping.
It said it had killed hundreds of militants in the three areas, which residents said Israeli forces had cut off from Gaza City.
A statement from the armed wing of Hamas-allied Islamic Jihad said on Sunday that militants blew up an Israeli army vehicle during fighting in Beit Lahiya. There was no immediate comment from Israel on the claim.
Earlier in the day, an Israeli airstrike killed at least 10 people in Borij camp in the central Gaza Strip, when a missile hit a house, medics said. He added that four others were killed in the nearby Nusirat camp.
Qatar has told Hamas and Israel it will suspend its efforts to broker a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal until they show “willingness and seriousness” to resume talks. Don’t do it.
Both the warring parties continue to blame each other. Hamas wants a deal that ends the war, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the war can only end when Hamas is gone.
Gaza’s Ministry of Health said that 43,800 people have been confirmed dead since October 7, 2023. Hamas militants killed about 1,200 Israelis that day, and still hold dozens of about 250 hostages they took back to Gaza.
