51 killed in Israeli bombing of Gaza's Maghazi camp —report

Published November 5, 2023 11:08am

Smoke rises amid damaged buildings in the Gaza Strip, as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, as seen from Israel's border with Gaza in southern Israel, November 4, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Palestinian news agency WAFA said 51 Palestinians, mostly women and children, were killed and scores wounded in an Israeli bombardment of Gaza's Maghazi camp on Saturday night.

Reuters could not independently verify the WAFA report.

The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

A spokesperson for the Hamas-run Health ministry in Gaza, Ashraf al-Qidra, said a large number of people were killed without giving an exact figure, adding scores of people with severe injuries were laying on the ground of a hospital's emergency ward.

Maghazi is located in the Deir al-Balah Governorate in the central Gaza Strip.

Israel says it is targeting Hamas, not civilians, and accuses the militants of using residents as human shields. —Reuters

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