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Gaza health ministry says at least 71 dead in refugee camp strike


Gaza health ministry says at least 71 dead in refugee camp strike

A woman looks around as she salvages items at the damaged UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) building complex in western Gaza City's Al-Sinaa neighbouhood on July 12, 2024. (Credit: Omar al-Qattaa/AFP)

Gaza's health ministry said at least 71 people were killed and 289 people wounded Saturday in an Israeli strike on a camp for war-displaced in southern Gaza.

A ministry statement gave an updated "toll of the horrific occupation (Israeli) massacre" at the Al-Mawasi camp, up from at least 20 it initially said were killed, as Israel said it was looking into the incident.

Victims of the al-Mawasi strike were transferred to several hospitals in the region. At the Kuwaiti hospital in Rafah (south), director Suhaib al-Hams described the situation as "a real disaster" and said that most of the injuries were serious, including amputations.

"What did we do? We were just sitting by the beach," shouted a Palestinian near a body lying in a street in the camp. 

Gaza's health ministry said at least 71 people were killed and 289 people wounded Saturday in an Israeli strike on a camp for war-displaced in southern Gaza.

A ministry statement gave an updated "toll of the horrific occupation (Israeli) massacre" at the Al-Mawasi camp, up from at least 20 it initially said were killed, as Israel said it was looking into...