INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Israeli airstrikes on a tent camp for displaced Palestinians killed and wounded 65 people in southern Gaza, the enclave&s civil emergency
service said early on Tuesday, as the Israeli military said it had targeted a Hamas command center, Reuters reported.Residents and medics
said a tent encampment near Khan Younis in the Al-Mawasi area, a designated humanitarian zone, was struck by at least four missiles
The camp is crowded with displaced Palestinians who have fled from elsewhere in the territory.The Gaza civil emergency service said at least
20 tents caught on fire, and missiles caused craters as deep as nine meters (30 feet)
It said the 65 victims included women and children but did not provide a breakdown of deaths and injuries.There was no immediate comment
from the Gaza health ministry, which compiles casualty figures
Earlier, the Hamas-aligned Shehab News Agency said 40 Palestinians were killed.Our teams are still moving out martyrs and wounded from the
It looks like a new Israeli massacre,& a Gaza civil emergency official said.The official added that teams have been struggling to search for
victims who might have been buried, read the report.The Israeli military said it &struck significant Hamas terrorists who were operating
within a command and control centre embedded inside the Humanitarian Area in Khan Younis.The terrorists advanced and carried out terror
attacks against IDF troops and the state of Israel,& the statement said, referring to the Israeli Defence Forces.Hamas, the Islamist group
that controlled Gaza before the conflict, denied Israeli allegations gunmen existed in the targeted area, and rejected accusations it
exploited civilian areas for military purposes.This is a clear lie that aims to justify these ugly crimes
The resistance has denied several times that any of its members exist within civilian gatherings or using these places for military
purposes,& said Hamas in a statement.Ambulances raced between the tent camp and a nearby hospital, while Israeli jets could still be heard
overhead, residents said.Nearly all of Gaza&s 2.3 million people have been forced from their homes at least once, and some have had to flee
as many as 10 times, Reuters reported.The war was triggered on Oct
7 when Hamas attacked Israel, killing 1,200 and taking about 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies
Israel&s subsequent assault on Gaza has killed more than 40,900 Palestinians, according to the enclave&s health ministry.The two warring
sides each blame the other for a failure so far to reach a ceasefire that would end the fighting and see the release of hostages.The post
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