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Tens of thousands of fleeing Palestinians sought shelter on Friday as Israeli tanks pushed through the central Gaza Strip, with nearly 200 people reported killed in the past 24 hours of air strikes and artillery barrages on the shattered enclave. Israeli warplanes attacking the south of Gaza flattened homes and buried families as they slept, residents said.
The new assaults in central and southern Gaza propelled a new exodus of people already driven from other areas in what Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant called an essential stage of its mission to destroy its foe Hamas.
Gaza authorities said 187 more Palestinians were confirmed killed in Israeli strikes in the past 24 hours, raising the toll to 21,507 -about 1% of Gaza’s population. Thousands more bodies are feared to be buried. In Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost area, the Kuwait Specialty Hospital said a strike hit a building, killing at least 18 people. About 85% of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have been displaced, and those sheltering near the Kuwait hospital have hardly anywhere farther south to go.
Watch Nearly 200 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes in 24 hrs: Gaza officials
The new assaults in central and southern Gaza propelled a new exodus of people already driven from other areas in what Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant called an essential stage of its mission to destroy its foe Hamas.
Gaza authorities said 187 more Palestinians were confirmed killed in Israeli strikes in the past 24 hours, raising the toll to 21,507 -about 1% of Gaza’s population. Thousands more bodies are feared to be buried. In Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost area, the Kuwait Specialty Hospital said a strike hit a building, killing at least 18 people. About 85% of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have been displaced, and those sheltering near the Kuwait hospital have hardly anywhere farther south to go.
Watch Nearly 200 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes in 24 hrs: Gaza officials
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