Al-Maghazi Refugee Camp: Dozens Killed In Israel Airstrike

Air raids hit the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza overnight, killing at least 40 people and wounding 34 others, the Ministry of Health said.

Arafat Abu Mashaia, who lives in the camp, said the air raids flattened several multistorey residential buildings where people forced out of other parts of Gaza were sheltering.

“It was a true massacre,” he said, standing on the wreckage. “All here are peaceful people. I challenge anyone who says there were resistance [fighters] here.”

The camp, a built-up residential area, is located in the evacuation zone where Israel’s military had urged Palestinian civilians to seek refuge as it focused its military offensive on the  North.

Israeli fighter jets have also struck two refugee camps in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 53 people and wounding dozens, according to Health Officials in the besieged enclave.

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