At least 40 killed, more than 60 wounded in Israeli attack on Gaza tent camp
Al-Mawasi: At least 40 people have been killed and more than 60 injured in an Israeli attack on a tent encampment for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza, the enclave's civil emergency service said on Tuesday.
The civil emergency service reported that the strike in al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis caused severe destruction, igniting at least 20 tents and creating craters up to nine metres deep, as mentioned by Reuters. The camp, heavily overcrowded with displaced Palestinians, was struck despite its designation as a humanitarian zone.
According to the news agency, residents mentioned that ambulances raced between the tent camp and a nearby hospital, while Israeli jets could still be heard overhead.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military said it struck “significant Hamas terrorists” who had been operating at a command and control centre embedded inside the humanitarian area in Khan Younis.
However, Hamas has strongly disputed these claims by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and accused them of lying to justify their crimes. "The resistance has denied several times that any of its members exist within civilian gatherings or are using these places for military purposes," Hamas stated.
Footage circulating on social media showed deep craters at the site of the attack, the strewn ruins around it covered in shredded tents, a bicycle and other debris. Rescue workers used shovels to shift through the sand. Bystanders used their hands to dig, illuminated by mobile phone light. At least one crater at the site looked to be as deep as 10 metres.
Mawasi is an area 1 kilometre wide and 14 kilometres long. Palestinians who fled other areas have crowded into the sandy beach area against the Mediterranean Sea after Israel told them it would be safe. However, aid groups have struggled to provide care there among a sea of tents crowded with the belongings families were able to carry away with them when fleeing their homes.
The war has caused vast destruction and displaced around 90 per cent of Gaza's population of 2.3 million, often multiple times.
Gaza's Health Ministry says over 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the war began
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UP: Man, 2 cousins killed in hit-and-run in Sitapur
Sitapur (UP) (PTI): Three men were killed after an unidentified vehicle hit their motorcycle here on Saturday evening, police said.
The accident occurred near Basura village in the Rampur Mathura area when Golu (30) and his cousins – Kuldeep (27) and Sujit (25) – were en route to attend their uncle's wedding, they said.
According to police, the unidentified vehicle rammed into the motorcycle from behind. It caused the three riders to be thrown off the motorcycle and suffer severe head and facial injuries.
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The vehicle fled the spot after the collision. A police team reached the spot upon receiving information from locals and took the injured to the Community Health Centre in Rampur Mathura, where doctors declared them brought dead, a police officer said.
Rampur Mathura station house officer Shyamu Kanojia said the three died in the accident. Their bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination, and efforts are on to trace the unidentified vehicle.
A case has been registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and further investigation is in progress, he added.
