Over 100 People Killed in the Last 12 Hours by Israeli Airstrikes

More than 100 people have been killed by Israeli airstrikes overnight in refugee camps across central Gaza.

According to reports by the Palestinian Ministry of Health, over 100 people, including a two week old baby, were killed by Israeli forces in Maghazi and Bureji refugee camp. Dozens more are reportedly severely wounded and several homes have been destroyed in the attacks. The attack on Maghazi refugee camp has been marked as one of the deadliest attacks in Gaza since the start of the war on October 7th.

Health Ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qudra said the death toll at Maghazi refugee camp was likely to rise. “What is happening at the Maghazi camp is a massacre that is being committed on a crowded residential square,” he added.

Al Jazeera correspondent Tareq Abu Azzoum, reporting from Rafah in southern Gaza, said the Maghazi refugee camp is one of the most densely populated areas in the middle of the Gaza Strip. He added that it was one of the locations the Israeli military had previously told Palestinians to evacuate to.

The nearest hospital to the refugee camp is Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital but medical facilities have been rendered non-functional across Gaza as Israel continues to ruthlessly bombard the war torn enclave.

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, 166 Palestinians have been killed in the last 24 hours with 384 wounded in the same time frame. More than 20,400 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since October 7th. According to the Government Media Office in Gaza, 103 journalists have died since October 7th.

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