At least 60 Palestinians have died in recent hours after several Israeli army bombings of residential buildings in the Gaza Strip, as part of a campaign launched against the enclave in response to the October 7 attacks by the Islamist group Hamas, which killed about 1,400 people in Israel.

One of the attacks took place in the town of Khan Yunis in the south of the enclave, where local sources reported death of 18 people, most of them minors, At the same time, dozens of wounded were reported.

Hours earlier, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported the death 20 people came under fire at a residential building in western Gaza City. Rescue teams continue to search for people under the rubble; the victims were transported to nearby hospitals.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a strike with twenty rockets that completely destroyed several buildings, a bakery and sections of adjacent roadsThis was reported by the above-mentioned news agency.

In addition, they were notified 13 people were killed when a rocket attacked a house in rural Yabaliya. and also in the Nuseirat refugee camp, where the IDF airstrike killed the family of Al-Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief, Wael al-Dada.

The TV channel condemned the attack and noted that it was “Deeply concerned for the safety and well-being of colleagues in the Gaza Strip” for which Israel will have to take responsibility. “Al Jazeera Media Network strongly condemns the indiscriminate killing of civilians in the Gaza Strip, which led to the death of the Al-Dadu family and many others,” the statement said.

“We call on the international community intervene and put an end to these attacks on civilians, and to protect the lives of innocent people,” Al Jazeera noted, explaining that “an indiscriminate attack by Israeli occupying forces” led to the deaths of his wife, son and daughter, “while the rest of the family lies amid the rubble.”

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The Al-Dadou family lived in the Nuseirat refugee camp. in the center of the Gaza Strip, after they were forced to seek refuge following the forced evacuation following the first bombing of their colony, “following orders from (Israeli) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that all civilians move to the south.”

For its part, the Israeli army reported that on the last day bombed “more than 250 targets of the terrorist organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip.” This is stated in a statement published on his website.

“Among the targets attacked are terrorist infrastructure, operational headquarters, terrorist tunnels and missile launchers in civilian areaswhich were used to shoot at Israel during the fighting,” he said.

He also clarified that the shots were fired from the sea. against “anti-aircraft missile launch positions” Hamas air force in the Khan Yunis area, located near mosque and kindergarten.”

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Hamas-controlled sector authorities So far they have confirmed the deaths of almost 6,500 Palestinians. due to Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip following the October 7 attacks by Hamas. In addition, the Palestinian Authority reported more than a hundred deaths in the West Bank.

(Europe Press)