According to Hamas, two Israeli airstrikes targeted buildings in Gaza City, resulting in the deaths of at least 42 people and numerous injuries.
The Israeli military stated that the airstrikes were aimed at two Hamas military infrastructure sites and would provide further details later. Gaza’s civil defense spokesman reported that a residential block in the al-Shati area, a historic refugee camp, was struck multiple times.
Read more: Gaza’s Health Crisis Exacerbated By Flies, Mosquitoes, Raw Sewage And Garbage
Footage showed rescuers carrying wounded individuals and searching for survivors amidst the rubble and dust-filled streets.
Hamas’s Government Media Office in Gaza indicated that the airstrikes in al-Shati killed 24 people and in al-Tuffah area of Gaza City killed 18 people. Israel initiated the campaign in response to a major attack on southern Israel on October 7, which resulted in approximately 1,200 deaths, mostly civilians, and 251 hostages.
Since then, Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry reported more than 37,551 deaths, without distinguishing between civilians and combatants, but identified 14,680 children, women, and elderly among the deceased by April’s end.
