Khan Younis safe zone: Israel launches deadly strike on al-Mawasi, Gaza officials say
by Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem from World news | The Guardian on (#6QM23)
At least 19 people killed as missiles hit overcrowded area in attack that Israel says targeted a Hamas command centre
Israeli airstrikes on al-Mawasi humanitarian zone" in the Gaza Strip have killed at least 19 people and injured a further 60, according to witnesses and medical officials in the blockaded Palestinian territory.
At least four missiles hit the overcrowded supposed safe zone" on the coast in the early hours of Tuesday, causing dozens of tents to catch fire and leaving craters as deep as 9 metres, the civil emergency service said. Hundreds of thousands of displaced people are sheltering in Mawasi, where conditions are dire, after being ordered to move there by the Israeli military.
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