Israeli airstrikes k!ll Hamas commander, 50 Palestinians

Israeli airstrikes k!ll Hamas commander, 50 Palestinians

Israeli airstrikes hit a densely populated refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, k!lling at least 50 Palestinians and a Hamas commander, and medics struggled to treat the casualties, even setting up operating rooms in hospital corridors, Reuters reports.

Israeli tanks have been acting in Gaza for at least four days following weeks of air bombardments in retaliation for an attack by Palestinian Hamas militants on mostly Israeli civilians on Oct. 7 and the taking of more than 200 hostages.

An Israel Defense Forces statement said the strike on Jabalia, Gaza’s largest refugee camp, had killed Ibrahim Biari. It said he was a ringleader of what it called the “murderous terror attack” on Oct. 7.

Palestinian health officials said at least 50 Palestinians were killed in the refugee camp blast and 150 wounded.

Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem denied any senior commander there and called the claim an Israeli pretext for k!lling civilians.

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