The Israeli Army says its target was not civilians but Hamas militants based in the area.
An Israeli attack on a crowded refugee camp housing Palestinians displaced by the war in Gaza has killed at least 40 people and injured 60 others early this Tuesday, according to Palestinian officials. Israel claims that its objective was Hamas militants.
It has been one of the deadliest attacks to date in Mawasi, on the coast of Gaza. This area was designated by Israel as humanitarian space for hundreds of thousands of civilians to seek refuge and flee the war between Israel and Hamas.
Follow the search more people
The Civil Defense, one of the war response bodies of the Hamas governmentclaims to have 40 bodies recovered from the attack and says to continue looking for more people. According to this institution, entire families would have died in their tents.
An Associated Press camera operator saw three large impacts that left craters at the scene, where the emergency services and the displaced themselves began to search among the sand and rubble for the missing.
Using gardening tools and digging with their hands while others shined the flashlight on their mobile phones, displaced people and rescuers pulled out dismembered bodies from among the rubble.
Attaf al-Shaar, displaced from the southern city of Rafahclaims that the attack occurred shortly after midnight and caused a fire. “People were buried in the sand. We recover parts of their bodies“, dice.
He Hospital Nasser by Jan Yunisone of three medical centers that have received fatalitiesreports that around two dozen bodies were found in its facilities after the attack.
He Israeli army says there is Hamas militants attacked who operated in a command and control center. He stated that his forces used precise ammunition, aerial surveillance and other means to avoid civilian casualties.
Crossing of accusations between Israel and Hamas
Israel says he tries avoid causing harm to civilians during the war, which began with Hamas attack on October 7. It blames Hamas for their deaths because militants often operate in residential areas and are known to place tunnels, rocket launchers and other infrastructure near homes, schools and mosques.
Hamas issued a statement in which He denied that there were militants in the area. Neither Israel nor Hamas have provided confirmation of their claims. The war has caused enormous destruction displacing nearly 90% of the population of Gaza.
