Israeli airstrikes in four neighborhoods of Gaza City killed at least 38 people on Saturday, the Gaza Civil Defense Force said, as rescue teams continued to search for the dead and wounded in the rubble.
At least 38 people were killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza City, the Civil Defense Force said
Shadi's video, verified by Storyful, showed entire blocks destroyed by the strike, with residents covered in dust from debris as they searched for survivors.
« People were sitting and suddenly, missiles destroyed a group of houses and burned the whole area, » said Yusri al-Khol, 43, who lives in Shadi.
« Most of the residents in the camp were affected because fragments flew across squares and residential blocks, » he said in a phone interview. “People carried others on their backs. There are still people under the rubble.
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The multiple, heavy strikes are somewhat unusual for Gaza City, where some of the major fighting between Israel and Hamas has died down. However, according to local officials, the IDF conducts regular strikes in the city, including one that killed five municipal workers on Friday.
On Friday, at least 22 people were killed and 45 injured when « heavy projectiles » landed near the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Rafah's Mawasi area.
The strike « damaged the structure of the ICRC office, which is surrounded by hundreds of displaced civilians, including many of our Palestinian colleagues, » the humanitarian group said. wrote In a statement on Friday.
« Extremely dangerous firing on humanitarian structures puts the lives of civilians and Red Cross workers at risk, » the organization said, adding that « the incident caused massive casualties at a nearby Red Cross field hospital. »
The Israeli military said it was « investigating the incident, » but an initial investigation found « no direct attack by the IDF against the Red Cross. »
EU foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell called for an independent investigation into the shelling, X, earlier in a statement on Twitter.
« An independent investigation is needed and those responsible must be held accountable, » he wrote. “Protecting the public is a duty [the] Geneva Conventions.
Huge demonstrators gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday night to denounce Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, call for early elections and demand that Israel reach a cease-fire deal with Hamas to free the remaining hostages in Gaza.
At the rally, prominent Israeli author David Grossman called on Israelis to fill the streets and fight for the country. “Now, men and women, it is time to fight. Now is the time to fill the roads and streets,” he read from the poem. Israeli media reported that the crowd erupted in applause.
« There's someone to fight for, and it's up to you. Now is the time to rise up and live, » he said. « Everything hangs by a thread. »
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At least 37,551 people have been killed and 85,911 wounded in Gaza since the war began. As stated therein Gaza Ministry of Health. It did not distinguish between civilians and militants, but said most of the dead were women and children. Israel estimates that about 1,200 people, including more than 300 soldiers, were killed in the October 7 attack by Hamas. 312 soldiers have been killed since the start of its military operations in Gaza.
Bisset reported from London, El-Sama from Beirut and Soroka from Tel Aviv.
