The Palestinian Civil Defence, a Gaza emergency service, said at least 55 people had been killed in the strike in the town of Beit Lahia
Palestinians walk past damaged buildings in Khan Yunis on the southern Gaza Strip on October 29th 2024. Israel ’s recent strikes in northern Gaza have underscored its struggle to defeat Hamas in a lasting way. Photograph: Getty Imagesmilitary on Tuesday hit a town in the northern Gaza Strip for the third time in just over a week, striking a residential building and killing dozens of people, Gaza officials said, as Israel intensified its offensive in the territory after more than a year of war.
Israeli forces struck another residential block in Beit Lahia on Sunday, killing and wounding dozens, according to the civil defence service. They also hit a residential building in the town on October 20th, killing dozens of people, Palestinian officials and emergency workers said. “What’s happening in Beit Lahia is happening in many other places in northern Gaza,” said Michael Milshtein, a former Israeli military intelligence officer. “The IDF is detecting Hamas infrastructure there and attac1king it,” he added, referring to the Israel Defence Forces.
The United Nations has warned of catastrophic conditions and the risk of famine in northern Gaza, where it says about 400,000 people remain. Many have been trapped in ruined neighborhoods with little access to food or medicine, according to UN officials. Israel has criticized UNRWA for decades, arguing that its work aiding Palestinian refugees and their descendants perpetuate long-standing territorial conflict with Israel. The Israeli government has accused a few of the agency’s 13,000 employees in Gaza of participating in the Hamas attack last year.
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