Several dozen people died this Monday Israel carried out new bombings against two Palestinian refugee camps in the Gaza Strip as part of attacks in response to an offensive launched Saturday by the Hamas group, Palestinian media reported.

A correspondent for the Palestinian news agency WAFA noted that Israeli planes bombed the market and mosque in the Shati and Jabaliya camps, located in the north of the Palestinian enclave, causing severe property damage in the area, although Gaza authorities have not provided an assessment at this time.

The attack reportedly left dozens of people dead and injured, according to WAFA, and the Palestinian news agency Maan noted that These explosions would have killed at least 50 Palestinianswhich the Israeli army has not commented directly on.

The Israeli army confirmed this Monday that it is carrying out a “large-scale attack” against several Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip as part of fighting that broke out on Saturday due to a major offensive by a group backed by Islamic Jihad.

For its part, Hamas assured that at least four Israeli hostages captured in an offensive launched on Saturday by the Islamist group, died as a result of Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip.

“The bombing carried out by the occupying authorities last night and today against the Gaza Strip has caused the death of four enemy prisoners and the martyrdom of their captors, members of the Al-Qassam Brigades,” said Abu Obeida, a spokesman for the group’s military wing, in a message on his Telegram account.

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Similarly, Abdulatif al-Qanu, one of the Hamas representatives, emphasized that Israel ‘in a state of shock’ and condemned “crimes against humanity” over the deaths of “dozens of innocent civilians” in explosions in the Gaza Strip following an offensive launched by the Islamist group on Saturday.

In this spirit, Ezat al-Rishik, a member of the Hamas political committee, condemned destruction of houses, mosques and schools in the Gaza Strip because of the bombing of Israel and stressed that these are war crimes.

Israel has indicated that, for now at least, The Hamas offensive killed 700 and injured more than 2,000. The fighting also resulted in the deaths of nearly 500 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and fourteen more in clashes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. In addition, Hamas has kidnapped and forcibly transported dozens of Israelis to Gaza.

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said he had ordered a “total blockade” of the Gaza Strip so that the coastal area do not receive electricity, fuel or food. “We are fighting against human animals and we will do the same,” he said from the Southern Command base in Beersheba, where he made it clear that from now on “everything will be closed,” according to Times of Israel.

In addition, Israeli authorities warned this Monday aboutLaunching new missiles in various parts of the country, among them the cities of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, as a result of which several people were injured.

In particular, the ambulance service announced the evacuation to the city hospital. four people were injured by shrapnel after an alarm in the Ashkelon area. Among the victims was a 75-year-old man who was seriously injured.

(according to information from Europe Press)