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Death Toll From Israeli Strike on Refugee Camp in Gaza Rises to 70 - Gaza Health Ministry

© AFP 2023Palestinians search building rubble for survivors following Israeli strikes on al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on December 11, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement
Palestinians search building rubble for survivors following Israeli strikes on al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on December 11, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement - Sputnik International, 1920, 24.12.2023
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The death toll from Israeli strikes on the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip has reached 70, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra said on Sunday.
Earlier in the day, the Health Ministry said that the death toll had reached 60.
"The number of victims of the massacre in the Al-Maghazi camp has now increased to 70," Al-Qudra was quoted as saying by the ministry on Telegram.
Previously, Al Jazeera broadcaster reported that over 40 people were killed as a result of the shelling, adding that the Israeli raids on houses in the refugee camp has left many other people injured.
On October 7, Hamas launched a large-scale rocket attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip, while its fighters breached the border, opening fire on the military and civilians. As a result, over 1,200 people in Israel were killed and some 240 others abducted.
Israel launched retaliatory strikes, ordered a complete blockade of Gaza and launched a ground incursion into the Palestinian enclave with the declared goal of eliminating Hamas fighters and rescuing the hostages. Over 20,400 people have been killed so far in Gaza as a result of Israeli strikes, local authorities said.
 This picture taken on December 19, 2023, shows Israeli soldiers walking past damaged buildings during a military operation in the north of the Gaza Strip. - Sputnik International, 1920, 24.12.2023
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