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Dozens killed by Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip

2024-06-22 15:35:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Dozens killed by Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip

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At least 42 people were killed by Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip, local authorities run by the militant group Hamas said. The attacks took place near the Al-Shati camp, one of eight refugee camps in the Gaza Strip, and in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood. Meanwhile, an Israeli citizen was found shot to death in a Palestinian town in the West Bank, the Israeli army announced.

At least 42 people were killed by Israeli army strikes in Gaza City, local authorities, which are controlled by Hamas, said.

The attack, which took place near Al-Shati camp, one of eight refugee camps in the Gaza Strip, killed 24 people, a local official told the Reuters news agency. Another 18 Palestinians were killed in an airstrike in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood.

The Israeli military said in a statement that its planes hit two Hamas military infrastructure facilities.

Footage provided by the Reuters news agency shows dozens of Palestinians frantically searching for victims among destroyed homes. More than eight months after the start of the war, Israel's offensive is now centered on the town of Rafah, on the southern edge of Gaza, and the area around Deir al-Balah, in the center.

Residents said Israeli tanks have entered the western and northern areas of Rafah in recent days. On Saturday, Israeli forces also bombed several areas from the air and the ground, forcing many families living in areas described as "humanitarian zones" to leave towards the north.

In another development, an Israeli citizen was found shot to death in a Palestinian town in the West Bank on Saturday morning, the Israeli military said. The man was shot dead in the town of Qalqilya, and the announcement comes a day after Israeli forces killed two militants in the same West Bank town.

Violence erupted in the West Bank after the Israel-Hamas war began last October. Since then, at least 549 Palestinians in the territory have been killed by Israeli forces, the Palestinian Ministry of Health says. During the same time, Palestinians in the West Bank have killed at least nine Israelis, including five soldiers.

The war between Israel and Hamas began after the group, designated a terrorist organization by the United States, Britain and the European Union, launched an attack in southern Israel on October 7, killing 1,200 people and taking 250 hostages, according to Israeli officials.

Israel's military response in the Gaza Strip has devastated much of the territory, killing more than 37,551 people and wounding more than 85,911 others, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and civilians. warriors./ Voa