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It's Saturday, another large scale tent massacre

Israeli raid targets residential house in al-Mawasi ‘safe zone’

An Israeli raid has targeted a residential house in the al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, according to Al Jazeera’s team in Gaza.

Israeli forces declared al-Mawasi as a “safe area” after ordering the displaced in Rafah to move to Khan Younis following the start of their operation in the city by the Egyptian border on May 7.

Israeli warplanes fired five missiles at the tents of displaced people and water desalination unit near al-Nus roundabout, they reported. The injured are being transported to nearby hospitals, they added.


Nasser Hospital receives large number of dead and injured from al-Mawasi

Video footage verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency Sanad has documented the arrival of dead and injured from the al-Mawasi refugee camp to the Nasser Medical Complex in neighbouring Khan Younis.


Israeli air strikes on al-Mawasi kill over 50: Medical sources

More than 50 people have been killed and dozens others wounded by Israeli air strikes on the al-Mawasi area, in western Khan Younis, medical sources have told Al Jazeera.

The Gaza Government Media Office also issued a statement saying more than 100 people, including civil defence staff, were killed or wounded in the attack.

According to our colleagues on the ground, Israeli warplanes fired five missiles at displaced Palestinians near the al-Nus roundabout. The strikes hit near tents and a water distillation unit in al-Mawasi, leading to a large number of victims.


We cannot receive any more wounded people: Nasser Hospital official

An official at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis has told Al Jazeera that more than 20 bodies and dozens of wounded people have arrived at the hospital.

He stressed that medical teams do not have the capacity to receive any more wounded patients, which civil defence teams continue to recover from the site of the Israeli bombing in al-Mawasi.

Rafah hospitals have also received a number of wounded people, but they are also unable to provide the necessary treatment due to a shortage of medical supplies.


According to Gaza’s Government Media Office, more than 100 Palestinians have been reported killed or injured. We’re hearing from civil defence crews that emergency workers were targeted while they were rushing to rescue the wounded.

The scenes that are emerging are incredibly bloody and devastating. The victims are young children, innocent civilians, women and elderly people. The Kuwaiti field hospital along with the Nasser medical facility are overwhelmed with wounded people.

People are incredibly panicked and terrified because this is where they were told to seek refuge and thousands of makeshift shelters have been established there.

Emergency workers are continuing to look for survivors in order to deliver them to field hospitals to get medical treatment.