Israeli strike kills three people at Gaza camp
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’essentiel
An Israeli strike on a camp for displaced people at Al-Mawasi, in the southern Gaza Strip, killed three people, including a seven-year-old girl, according to the Palestinian Civil Defence. The Israeli army said it was checking the reports, while Nasser Hospital confirmed receiving three bodies, AFP reports.
An Israeli strike killed three people, including a seven-year-old girl, on Monday in a camp for displaced people at Al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younès, in the southern Gaza Strip. Mahmoud Bassal, a spokesperson for the Palestinian Civil Defence, told AFP that rescuers had evacuated the three victims.
Nasser Hospital in Khan Younès confirmed that it had received three bodies on Monday morning and admitted several wounded people, including a woman and a child. Gaza’s Education Ministry said the girl was seven years old. The Israeli army told AFP it was checking the reports of the strike.
According to Mahmoud Bassal, 11 people were killed and more than 50 wounded in the previous 24 hours in Israeli air strikes and gunfire. On 25 October, an Israeli strike on the Islamic University of Gaza killed three employees of the institution and wounded eight students, according to Palestinian local sources cited by AFP.
