At least 29 killed in Israeli attacks on Nuseirat refugee camp: Report
At least 29 people have been killed following a series of Israeli attacks on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza since Thursday morning, the Shehab news agency reports.
As we’ve been reporting, Israeli fighter jets have carried out an intense bombing campaign in the Nuseirat area over the past day, targeting residential buildings and homes, as well as mosques and other public facilities.
One Israeli attack on Thursday struck a home sheltering displaced Palestinians, resulting in nine members from one family being killed. Israeli fighter jets also bombed a house in the camp belonging to the Dahdouh family on Friday, killing at least five people.
Our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues have now reported that ambulance teams have recovered from the rubble the bodies of the Shraim family. The number of casualties has not been confirmed.
Paramedics ‘collecting bodies’ from streets of Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp
Starting in the early hours of this morning, we clearly heard the sound of heavy machineguns and drones buzzing overhead, encircling Deir el-Balah and Nuseirat refugee camp.
This provided cover for Israeli tanks and armoured vehicles as they pull out from areas they invaded over the past 24 hours.
As the day broke, many displaced people made their way back to Nuseirat refugee camp to check on family members still inside. Many were shocked to find out that their family members were not able to leave due to quadcopters constantly shooting at them.
We’ve seen footage of ambulances being barred from reaching people injured in the streets, where some were left overnight. We spoke briefly to paramedics and first responders, who described the grim reality in the refugee camp. Many people have been killed either inside their homes or as they were making their way out of their residential buildings into the streets, they said. They are literally collecting bodies right now from the streets.
Smoke and dust rises after an Israeli strike in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central part of Gaza City on Thursday
More dead, wounded in Gaza City, Khan Younis
We are getting more reports of casualties near Gaza City, where Israel’s military has carried out a spate of deadly attacks in recent hours. According to our colleagues on the ground, an Israeli attack killed or injured three people at an intersection to the west of the city.
Further south, a recent Israeli attack killed four family members in their home in Khan Younis, reports Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud. “The attacks continue to pound across the Strip, not only causing casualties but inflicting more destruction and trauma,” said Mahmoud.
Palestinian family in Khan Younis living amid rubble of their home
The family of six lives in a tent erected on the rubble of their home in an area destroyed by Israeli forces in Khan Younis.
According to the UN, at least 1.9 million people (or nine in 10 people) across the Gaza Strip are internally displaced, many of whom have been repeatedly uprooted.
Wahbi Salama and his family near their tent in the Khan Younis camp in southern Gaza
