The Israeli Air Force said on Wednesday it had bombed the “humanitarian zone” of Khan Younis in the devastated Gaza Strip, while local media reported that Israeli attacks on tents of displaced Gazans left many dead. and injured.
Warplanes carried out “precise” bombings against members of the Islamist organization Hamas “who were carrying out terrorist activities in the humanitarian zone of Khan Younis,” the Israeli army said in a statement.
Israeli forces denounced “the systematic use by terrorist organizations” of civilian centers, “including humanitarian space” in the Gaza Strip.
The official Palestinian news agency Wafa For his part, he indicated that Israeli bombings caused “many” deaths and injuries by bombing tents where Gazans displaced by the conflict were taking refuge northwest of Khan Younis.
“Several citizens were also killed when occupying forces bombed a house in the Sheikh Nasser neighborhood of Khan Yunis,” he said. Wafa.
The Palestinian agency added that The Israeli army also attacked an enclave of displaced people in the town of Deir al-Balah.in the center of the Gaza Strip.
The new attacks come a day after Gaza health authorities said the death toll since Israel’s offensive against Hamas in October last year now exceeded 43,000.
These figures do not include the more than 100 deaths caused by Israeli attacks on Tuesday in the devastated northern Gaza Strip.
