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Hamas says at least 50 killed in airstrike on Jabaliya camp

31 October 2023 19:58 (UTC +04:00)

The Hamas-run health ministry in the Gaza Strip now says at least 50 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Jabaliya camp in northern Gaza, APA reports citing The Times of Israel.

Earlier it put the figure at some 400 dead and wounded.

“More than 50 martyrs and around 150 wounded and dozens under the rubble, in a heinous Israeli massacre that targeted a large area of homes in Jabaliya camp,” a ministry statement says.

Hamas figures cannot be confirmed but AFP video footage from the scene appeared to show at least 47 bodies recovered from the rubble after the strike hit several houses in the camp.

Dozens of onlookers could be seen standing on the edges of two vast craters as people searched for survivors.

The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the strikes.

Ragheb Aqal, a resident, describes the strikes as “an earthquake” that shook the entire refugee camp.