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Most victims of Israel’s attack on Beit Lahiya are women, children

Dr Hussam Abu Safia, the director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, told Al Jazeera Arabic that the bodies of dozens of people have been brought to the hospital following Israel’s attack on the northern town.

Most of the bodies are that of women and children, he said, adding that many more were people were still buried under the rubble. But there is no way to save those trapped in the rubble, he said. That’s because Israeli forces are laying siege to northern Gaza and have prevented emergency workers at the Palestinian Civil Defence from operating in the area.

As we’ve been reporting, at least 66 people had been killed in Israel’s attack on Beit Lahiya. Dozens more have been wounded.


Search for survivors after Israeli attack on Gaza City

At least 22 people were killed in the attack, including 10 children, Al Jazeera Arabic reported


An injured girl is pulled from the rubble after an Israeli attack on a home in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City, Gaza, early on Wednesday morning


A rescue worker tries to reach a person trapped under the rubble


A fire broke out in the residential building after the attack