An Israeli airstrike on a building in northern Gaza overnight killed at least 60 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
An Israeli airstrike on a building in northern Gaza overnight killed at least 60 Palestinians and wounded more, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, in one of the deadliest attacks in weeks.
The strike hit a five-story building in the area of Beit Lahiya, where families of displaced Palestinians were taking shelter. At least 25 of those killed were children, according to health officials.
The Israeli military said it is aware of civilian deaths and is « looking into » the incident.
The attack comes as Israeli forces have hindered medical and rescue services in the area, and as Israeli parliament voted to ban the main United Nations agency that provides aid to Palestinians, UNRWA.
« This strike is yet another in a deadly series of recent mass casualty incidents in the northern part of the Gaza Strip », Tor Wennesland, the U.N. special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday. « We are witnessing not only a horrific humanitarian nightmare, but a rapidly accelerated unraveling of the prospects for a sustainable resolution to this conflict.
