Israeli airstrikes kill 80 in Palestinian refugee camp [View all]

Source: The Observer

Israeli airstrikes kill 80 in Palestinian refugee camp

Fears mount for Gaza refugees as nowhere is deemed safe for civilians in effort to destroy Hamas

Emma Graham-Harrison
Sat 18 Nov 2023 19.41 GMT
Last modified on Sat 18 Nov 2023 21.34 GMT

Airstrikes on crowded UN shelters in north Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp killed more than 80 people on Saturday, as Israeli plans to expand operations into south Gaza deepened fears for hundreds of thousands of civilians who have sought refuge there.

Underlining the reminder that there is nowhere safe for Gaza’s civilians, an airstrike outside the southern town of Khan Younis killed at least 26 people in the early hours of Saturday morning.

North Gaza’s biggest hospital, al-Shifa, emptied of all but 120 of the most vulnerable patients and five doctors to care for them. As bombs continued to fall, the area had only basic medical resources for new victims.

At least 50 people were killed in a dawn attack on a UN-run school in the Jabalia camp, and a strike on another building there killed 32 members of a single family – 19 of them children – officials from the Hamas-run health ministry told AFP.

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