The Palestinian authorities denounced this Saturday that at least 73 people were killed after a bombing by Israeli warplanes on the town of Beit Lahianorth of Gaza Strip“completely destroying a residential complex” and causing numerous civilian injuries.
A statement from the Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip said that “the Israeli occupying army is clearly pursuing a war of ethnic cleansing, eradication and extermination, this time in the Beit Lahia project, in the governorate of the northern Gaza Strip, where she is involved. a horrible massacre“.
Local media, cited by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, added that after the attacks, many people are still trapped under the rubble and, amid bombardments and artillery attacks by the Israeli army, rescue teams cannot reach them.
In a later statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) responded: “In an initial review, figures published by Hamas-run media are exaggerated and do not match the information held by the IDF, the precision munitions used and the precision of the attack against Hamas terrorist targets. »
They added that they “continue to review and ask the media to exercise caution on information published by Hamas sourcesas they have proven to be very unreliable in previous incidents.
The FDI described the area in question as “a “active war zone” and concluded that they were “doing everything possible to prevent harm to civilians.”
