The streets are filled with rubble of destroyed buildings after the Israeli attack on the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on June 22, 2024.
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An Israeli attack on the Gaza City area in the north of the Palestinian enclave killed at least 42 people on Saturday, the director of the Hamas government media office said.
Ismail Al-Thawabta told Reuters that 24 people were killed in an Israeli attack on houses in Al-Shati, one of eight historic refugee camps in the Gaza Strip. A further 18 Palestinians were killed in house attacks in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood.
The Israeli military issued a brief statement saying: “Not long ago, IDF fighter jets attacked two Hamas military infrastructure locations in the Gaza City area.”
It said more details would be announced soon.
Hamas has not commented on Israeli claims of attacks on its military infrastructure. It said in a statement that the attacks targeted civilians and vowed in a statement that “the occupying forces and their Nazi leaders will pay for their violations against our people.”
Video obtained by Reuters showed dozens of Palestinians rushing out of their homes and searching for victims among destroyed homes. The video shows houses in the Shati refugee camp destroyed, walls blown out and rubble and dust filling the streets.
Israel on the ground and in the air Gaza Movement The incident was triggered when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on October 7, killing about 1,200 people and taking 250 hostages, according to Israeli statistics.
According to Palestinian health authorities, the offensive has reduced Gaza to rubble, killed more than 37,400 people, 101 of them in the past 24 hours, and left almost the entire population homeless and destitute.
More than eight months into the war, Israel’s attacks are now focused on the last two areas its forces have yet to capture: Rafah on the southern edge of Gaza and the area around Deir al-Balah in the center.
Residents say Israeli tanks have deepened their incursions into areas west and north of Rafah in recent days. On Saturday, Israeli forces bombed several areas from the air and the ground, forcing many families living in areas known as humanitarian designated areas to move north.
The Israeli military said its forces continued to conduct “precision, intelligence-based” targeted operations in Rafah, killing numerous Palestinian gunmen and dismantling military infrastructure.
On Friday, Gaza’s health ministry said at least 25 Palestinians were killed and 50 wounded in al-Mawasi west of Rafah. Palestinians said a tank shell hit the tent of a displaced family.
The Israeli military said the incident was under review. “Preliminary investigations show that there are no indications that the IDF carried out an attack in the Mawasi humanitarian zone,” the statement read.
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