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SvennoJ on 13 July 2024
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At least 15 Palestinians killed in Israeli attack on Gaza City: Health officials

At least 15 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli attack on a small prayer hall in Shati refugee camp in western Gaza City, medical sources have told our colleagues on the ground.

People had gathered at the hall to perform their noon prayers. At least 10 bodies and 20 injured people have arrived at the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, according to Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the civil defence, who spoke to Al Jazeera by phone.

Death toll in attack on Gaza City prayer hall rises to 17

We’ve been reporting on an Israeli attack on a group of people gathered for noon prayers in Shati refugee camp in Gaza City’s west.

PIJ condemns Israel for ‘premeditated’ al-Mawasi massacre

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) has said in a statement that Israel’s claims of targeting senior Palestinian resistance figures “prove its premeditated intention to commit this crime” in Gaza’s al-Mawasi.

“The horrific massacre committed by the Zionist entity in al-Mawasi near Khan Younis is an insistence on continuing the war of extermination against our people,” the group added. “This crime confirms that the occupation has disregarded all international norms and covenants,” the PIJ said.

At least 71 people are confirmed dead and 289 others were injured in Israeli air attacks on the al-Mawasi refugee camp, west of Khan Younis, according to the Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip.

Translation: The first moments of the Israeli raids on al-Mawasi in the Khan Younis area.

 

Israeli army on al-Mawasi attack

The Israeli military has issued a statement about the al-Mawasi attack, claiming it carried out a strike in an area “where two senior Hamas commanders and other hid among civilians”.

“The location of the strike was an open area surrounded by trees, several buildings, and sheds,” it said on X.

Earlier, Hamas said the Israeli claim that the attack targeted leaders of the group was “false”, calling it just a way “to cover up the big scale of the horrific massacre”. In its statement, Hamas said Israeli fighter jets, artillery and drones targeted displaced people, describing the victims as “innocent and defenceless civilians”.


British charity calls for UK government to suspend arms sales to Israel

British charity Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has called for the UK government to “act urgently to suspend arms sales to Israel and prevent further atrocities”. It said in a statement that the charity has been forced to temporarily evacuate one of its medical points near the al-Mawasi area, which is intended to provide primary healthcare services.

Earlier, Israel bombed an area in al-Mawasi containing tents that sheltered displaced people. At least 71 people have been killed and more than 250 injured, according to the Health Ministry.

“Al-Mawasi is heavily crowded and has a big market where people move around to try and secure their basic needs,” MAP’s Mohammed al-Khatib said from Khan Younis.

MAP said it had been “warning for months that there is no safe place for anyone in Gaza amid Israel’s military bombardment that ICJ has concluded may amount to genocide”.


‘All of them came out in pieces’: Witness describes Israeli shelling of Shati refugee camp

Video footage of Shati refugee camp following an Israeli shelling that killed at least 15 people who had gathered for the noon prayer at a prayer hall, shows bodies inside the building and traces of blood.

A witness told Al Jazeera: “The people of the neighbourhood decided to perform prayers in congregation in the prayer hall, and we avoid [gathering for] Maghreb and Isha prayers (early evening and evening prayers) in the mosque so as not to be targeted.

“We were surprised today that an Israeli missile targeted the place. All of them came out in pieces, no less than 20 victims.”


Here is what we know so far about al-Mawasi massacre

  • At least 71 people have been killed and 289 injured in an Israeli air attack on central Gaza’s al-Mawasi area in the Khan Younis governorate, according to the Health Ministry.
  • The attack unfolded in several stages and involved fighter jets and drones, according to witnesses.
  • Rescue workers and health teams were also targeted by Israeli forces as they arrived at the scene, local sources said.
  • The Israeli military claimed it carried out a strike in an open area surrounded by trees, several buildings and sheds “where two senior Hamas commanders and other hid among civilians”.
  • Hamas dismissed the Israeli claim as “false”, saying it was a way “to cover up the big scale of the horrific massacre”.