Israeli attack on Gaza City tent camp kills at least six
At least 15 people also wounded in strike on site housing displaced people as wedding was under way nearby, local sources say. At least six
At least 15 people also wounded in strike on site housing displaced people as wedding was under way nearby, local sources say. At least six people have been killed in an Israeli air attack on a Gaza City tent camp housing displaced people, according to local sources. A source at al-Shifa Hospital told Al Jazeera reporters on the ground that at least 15 people were injured in the attack on Saturday, with many being treated in the hospitalâs intensive care unit. Women and children are believed to be among the casualties, said Al Jazeeraâs Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Gaza City. He added that the casualty toll is expected to rise. The Israeli drone strikes caused âa huge explosionâ and a âstate of panicâ at the United Nations school compound housing displaced people, Mahmoud said.
âThe attack targeted a tent next to another tent, and there seemed to be a wedding going on at that moment,â he added. âPeople were seen running out of the displacement site into the streets where civilian vehicles were deployed right away just to transport the injuries caused by the attack.â The attack came amid continued Israeli violations of the so-called âceasefireâ agreement that took effect on October 10. âHorrific massacreâ Hamas spokesperson Hazam Qassem issued a statement condemning the âhorrific massacreâ, which he said was part of Israelâs âcontinued escalation of its war of extermination against civiliansâ. The attack was one of several reported in the enclave on Saturday, where regular Israeli bombardment has continued. A separate strike earlier in the day in southern Gazaâs Khan Younis area hit another tent, killing a man who was scheduled to be married later in the day, according to local medical sources.
And in Gaza Cityâs Tuffah neighbourhood, Israeli military tanks and quadcopter drones opened fire near a childrenâs hospital, reported our colleagues on the ground. âWeâre seeing attacks scale up compared to the early days of the ceasefire,â said Mahmoud. The attacks came as Palestinian group Hamas convened for meetings with mediators and other Palestinian factions in Egypt to discuss the future of the enclave amid the beleaguered ceasefire process. On top of Israelâs repeated attacks in recent months, more than half of Gaza remains under Israeli military control in defiance of the ceasefireâs terms. The first phase of the ceasefire involved the release of the last Israeli captives held by Hamas in exchange for Palestinians detained by Israel. A transition to the second phase of the ceasefire, which was supposed to involve the disarmament of Hamas and a gradual withdrawal of the Israeli military, has been stalled for months.
