Israeli strikes on Gaza kill more than 90 people in 48 hours, Palestinians say
Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed more than 90 people in 48 hours, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday, as Israeli troops ramp up attacks to pressure Hamas to release its hostages and disarm.
Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed more than 90 people in 48 hours, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday, as Israeli troops ramp up attacks to pressure Hamas to release its hostages and disarm.
The dead include 15 people who were killed overnight, among them women and children, some of whom were sheltering in a designated humanitarian zone, according to hospital staff.
At least 11 people were killed in the southern city of Khan Younis, several of them in a tent in the Mwasi area where hundreds of thousands of displaced people are living, hospital workers said. Israel has designated it as a humanitarian zone.
Four other people were killed in separate strikes in Rafah city, including a mother and her daughter, according to the European Hospital, where the bodies were brought.
A woman weeps over the shrouded bodies of victims killed by Israeli bombardment in Jabalia on Friday.BASHAR TALEB / AFP - Getty ImagesAt the funeral in Khan Younis Saturday afternoon, families wept over the bodies of their relatives and cried out in pain. “Omar is gone ... I wish it was me,¨ screamed the brother of one of the victims.
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