More than 70 people have been killed and 300 others wounded by Israeli air strikes on the al-Mawasi refugee camp near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, Press TV reports.
The area where the strike took place had been designated by the regime as a so-called “safe” zone.
According to witnesses, a series of airstrikes were conducted by Israel’s F16 war planes that targeted a camp for displaced Palestinians west of the city with more than nine consecutive missiles.
“This was followed by quadcopter drones opening fire on ambulances and civil defense teams as soon as they arrived,” they said.
The attacks, which took place around 10:30 a.m. in the morning, initially resulted in the killing of dozens of civilians who were subsequently transported to the Nasser Medical Complex, with over 100 others injured, some critically.
Rescue teams continue to retrieve dozens of casualties from the sites of the bombings.
Local health authorities warned that the region's hospitals are incapable of accommodating the large number of casualties as Gaza's healthcare infrastructure has been decimated by Israeli occupation forces.
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