Israeli military strikes killed at least 70 people and injured hundreds more in the Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis on Saturday 13 July, 2024, Palestinian health officials reveal.
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| Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, with troops of IDF |
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said, the operation was aimed at two officials of Hamas.
According to nbcnews.com:
Palestinian health officials have called the attack a “massacre.”
Footage captured by Reuters showed hundreds of men, women and children running away from a large plume of smoke on the horizon. Many carried their bloodied and unconscious injured slung over their arms or on makeshift stretchers.
The IDF said: “In a joint IDF and ISA activity based on precise intelligence, the IDF’s Southern Command and the IAF carried out a strike in an area where two senior Hamas terrorists and additional terrorists hid among civilians. The location of the strike was an open area surrounded by trees, several buildings, and sheds.”
