An Israeli airstrike killed at least 10 Palestinians in a tent encampment sheltering displaced families in the southern Gaza strip early on Thursday, medics said.
The 10 people, including women and children, were killed in a tent in Al-Mawasi, designated as a humanitarian area in western Khan Younis, according to the medics.
Fifteen people were wounded, they said. The Israeli military has not immediately commented.
The director-general of Gaza's police department Mahmoud Salah and his aide Hussam Shahwan were killed in the airstrike, Hamas-run Al-Aqsa TV reported.
Israel has killed more than 45,500 Palestinians in the war in Gaza, according to health officials in the enclave. Most of Gaza's 2.3-million people have been displaced and much of the tiny coastal strip is in ruins.
The war was triggered by Hamas' October 7 2023, attack on Israel, in which 1,200 people were killed and another 251 taken hostage to Gaza, according to Israeli tallies.
Reuters
Israeli airstrike kills at least 10 in southern Gaza: medics
An Israeli airstrike killed at least 10 Palestinians in a tent encampment sheltering displaced families in the southern Gaza strip early on Thursday, medics said.
The 10 people, including women and children, were killed in a tent in Al-Mawasi, designated as a humanitarian area in western Khan Younis, according to the medics.
Fifteen people were wounded, they said. The Israeli military has not immediately commented.
The director-general of Gaza's police department Mahmoud Salah and his aide Hussam Shahwan were killed in the airstrike, Hamas-run Al-Aqsa TV reported.
Israel has killed more than 45,500 Palestinians in the war in Gaza, according to health officials in the enclave. Most of Gaza's 2.3-million people have been displaced and much of the tiny coastal strip is in ruins.
The war was triggered by Hamas' October 7 2023, attack on Israel, in which 1,200 people were killed and another 251 taken hostage to Gaza, according to Israeli tallies.
Reuters
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