Israeli attack on al-Tuffah kills 20 people
The death toll has risen in this attack on the Gaza City neighbourhood, and among those killed are at least nine children, a source at al-Ahli Arab Hospital tells Al Jazeera’s team on the ground.
Palestinians gather at the site of a tent camp that was struck in an Israeli raid on Friday, in Gaza City, June 28
Several children killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza City neighbourhood
The Israeli military carried out two deadly strikes within a span of 20 minutes.
The first was on a residential home where flying debris and shrapnel left several people wounded, followed by a second attack just a few minutes later on a market street very close to the area, in Yafa Street on Tuffah neighbourhood, where nine people were reported killed.
They were all transferred to al-Ahli Hospital. Inside the hospital, one of the persons in a phone call described the scene as very chaotic.
The hospital is really in bad shape; it doesn’t have the capacity to provide much-needed medical care for injuries. As for now, they are looking into alternative options to transfer those wounded to other hospitals in the area, whether it’s privately owned clinics or al-Shifa Hospital.
This area has been attacked relentlessly by the Israeli military – just in the past three hours, 11 people were killed close to that area, bringing the total number of people who were killed in Yafa Street, in the eastern part of Gaza City, to 20 people so far, including several children.
There were also drone strikes on other parts of the Gaza Strip, including in the city of Khan Younis and the Bureij refugee camp.
What we’re witnessing now is a significant increase, a surge in air attacks across the Strip, causing further civilian casualties, a sheer level of destruction and enforced displacement.
At least 81 people have been killed in the past 24 hours in the besieged enclave, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry
