‘At least 42 dead’ in Gaza attacks as Israeli shot dead in West Bank | World news

Two Israeli attacks killed more than 40 people in the Gaza Strip, and there were also outbreaks of violence in the West Bank and Lebanon.

At least 42 people were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, said the director of the Hamas-run state media office.

A Israeli An attack on houses in the Al Shati refugee camp in Gaza City left 24 people dead, Ismail Al Thawabta told Reuters.

Another 18 Palestinians were killed in an attack on houses in the Al Tuffah neighborhood, he added.

The Israeli military confirmed in a statement on Saturday that Israel Defense Forces fighter jets “attacked two Hamas military infrastructure sites in the Gaza City area,” but said it would provide further details later.

Hamas did not comment on whether its military infrastructure had been hit, as Israel claims.

According to Hamas, the attacks were directed against the civilian population. In a statement, the group vowed: “The occupation and its Nazi leaders will pay the price for their attacks against our people.”

The footage showed dozens of Palestinians hastily searching for victims among the destroyed houses of the Shati refugee camp.

The Hamas-run Health Ministry had previously said at least 25 Palestinians were killed and 50 injured in Mawasi, west of Rafah, on Friday.

Palestinians said a tank shell hit a tent Accommodation for displaced families.

The Israeli military said: “An initial investigation indicates that there is no evidence that the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) carried out an attack in the humanitarian area in Al Mawasi.”

Strike in Lebanon and shootings in the West Bank

A separate Israeli attack in Lebanon In the eastern Bekaa Valley, a member of the military wing of the Islamic Group, a Sunni Muslim faction closely allied with Hamas, was killed on Saturday, the group itself said.

He was the seventh member to be killed by Israeli attacks since the war began.

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Meanwhile, an Israeli was shot dead in a Palestinian town in the north. West Banksaid the Israeli army.

The army said the man was declared dead in the town of Qalqilya and Israeli troops were currently occupying the area.

In the same West Bank city, Israeli forces shot dead two militants on Friday.

Israeli citizens are prohibited from entering the city and other areas in the West Bank under the authority of the Palestinian Authority (PA).

In the West Bank, there have been War between Israel and Hamas broke out last October.

Since then, at least 549 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the area, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

During the same period, Palestinians in the West Bank killed at least nine Israelis, including five soldiers, according to the UN.

According to Hamas, more than 37,500 Palestinians were killed in Gaza

The war between Israel and Hamas broke out when Hamas fighters attacked southern Israel, killing around 1,200 people and taking 250 others hostage.

Israel bombed and occupied Gaza In response, they killed more than 37,500 people there, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip, which does not distinguish between fighters and civilians in its count.

After more than eight months of war, Israel’s advance is focused on the last two areas its forces have yet to capture: Rafah on the southern border of the Gaza Strip and the area around Deir Al Balah in the center of the territory.