The siege of the Palestinian territory has been by defended Israel after a deadly weekend bombing killed nearly 100 people. Israeli forces have said that 19 Hamas fighters have been eliminated, and called the targeting of a mosque and a school "precise munitions".
The siege of the Palestinian territory has been by defended Israel after a deadly weekend bombing killed nearly 100 people. Israeli forces have said that 19 Hamas fighters have been eliminated, and called the targeting of a mosque and a school"precise munitions".
AFP journalists said hundreds of Palestinians fled northern neighbourhoods of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza's main city already ravaged by months of bombardment and battles after Israel issued fresh evacuation orders in the early morning. The military said in a statement its forces were"about to operate against the terrorist organisations in the area", calling on"the remaining population left in the Al-Jalaa neighbourhood to temporarily evacuate".
"My daughter was killed in bombardment, so we went to Rafah, then we came back here, and now with this new evacuation order we don't know where to go", she said. Mahmud Bassal, spokesman for the civil defence agency in Hamas-run Gaza, said on Sunday that identifying the victims could take at least two days as"we have many bodies torn into pieces" and"shredded or burnt by the bombs".Hamas in a statement called Arab and Muslim nations to"take effective decisions" to stop the war and demanded an urgent UN Security Council meeting to force Israel"to stop the aggression and genocide".
Israel's retaliatory military offensive in Gaza has killed at least 39,790 people, according to the territory's health ministry, which does not provide details on civilian and militant deaths.
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