Following an explosion at the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, dozens of people are reportedly dead.
At least fifty people are reported dead, according to the hospital director and the Hamas-run health ministry; images from the scene show destroyed structures and craters.
The Israeli military has not officially commented, but the health ministry accuses Israeli airstrikes.
Israel has ordered Palestinians to evacuate the camp in northern Gaza for their safety.
Israel stated on Tuesday morning that it continued its airstrikes and military offensive in Gaza during the night, hitting 300 targets.
The IDF claims that “terrorists” attacked its ground forces using machine gun fire and anti-tank rockets.
Since the October 7th Hamas onslaught, which resulted in 1,400 deaths and at least 239 hostages being taken hostage, Israel has been bombarding Gaza.
Since Israel started its retaliatory assault, over 8,500 people have died, according to the Gaza health ministry operated by Hamas.
I have spent a lot of time in Jabalia, having been to the camp numerous times since 1980.
The largest of the eight refugee camps in the Gaza Strip, it is a densely populated maze of breezeblock buildings and small alleys.
Just 1.4 square km housed its 116,000 inhabitants prior to the conflict.
The tents that Palestinians first inhabited when they were forced to flee or were uprooted from their homes following Israel’s formation in 1948 are nothing like the bustling streets of today.
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Since Israel started its bombing campaign on October 7, it has been frequently targeted. Regarding what transpired today, the IDF has not yet responded.
Although the number of people who have left in recent weeks is unclear, images from today showing hundreds of locals looking for bodies among the debris imply that a large number of people are still there.
A week ago, I had communication with Asmaa, a young person aiming to be a journalist. She added that she and her family had made the decision to defy Israel’s orders that the populace relocate south.
She messaged me, saying, “It’s dangerous all over the Gaza Strip.” “There’s no point moving.”
Asmaa stopped responding to my texts a week ago.
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