Gaza/Tel Aviv (dpa -AfX) – According to Palestinian information, there were at least 33 deaths in an Israeli air raid on a quarter of the city of Gaza. These include minors and women, said the health authority controlled by the Hamas. In addition, 86 people were injured in the attack on a restaurant and a busy market.
The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that rockets had made the restaurant and a nearby intersection with stalls. According to the report, a Palestinian journalist should also be among the fatalities. Videos spread in Palestinian media are said to show blood -covered victims at the tables and on the bottom of the devastated restaurant and on the street of a market. The recordings and information could not be checked independently at first. On request, Israel’s army announced that the report will be investigated.
Civil protection: attack on former school
According to Palestinian information, there was also another difficult attack on a former school building in the city. Helpers had recovered 15 people there dead under the ruins, said the civil protection controlled by Hamas. Ten others were injured. Palestinian information was housed in the building. Local media published recordings that are supposed to show how a number of men, sometimes desperately desperate, mourn the victims wrapped in body towels.
The information could also not be verified independently. On request, Israel’s army initially did not comment on the reports.
Victim number of attack on Tuesday increases
According to Wafa, 61 people have been killed in attacks in the coastal area since the night. According to medical circles in the Gaza Strip, the number of people killed in an attack on Tuesday evening also rose to 33. At first it was said that 17 people were killed in Al-Bureidsch in the center of the Gaza Strip. The goal of the attack is also said to have been a former school building in which displaced people are. In the evening, Israel’s army had stated that she had attacked a Hamas command and control center there, in which weapons were also stored.
Israel had recently announced that he wanted to further tighten the offensive in the Gaza Strip against Islamist Hamas in the future. The state of the country wants to increase the pressure on Hamas in order to force the release of further hostages ./cir/dp/jha