Emergency services said 20 tents caught fire in attack near Khan Younis that Israel said targeted a Hamas command centre
The humanitarian zone, Al-Mawasi, is a stretch of fields and sand dunes where hundreds of thousands of Gazans have been sheltering for months near Khan Younis.
An Associated Press cameraman saw three large craters at the scene, where first responders and displaced people were sifting through the sand and rubble with garden tools and their bare hands by the light of mobile phones after the predawn strike. Hamas released a statement denying any militants were in the area. Neither Israel nor Hamas provided evidence to substantiate their claims.
Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the war began. It does not differentiate between fighters and civilians in its count.They abducted another 250 people and are still holding around 100 after releasing most of the rest in exchange for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel during a weeklong cease-fire last November.
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