Dozens of people were killed in an Israeli bombardment in the north of the Gaza Strip on Friday, according to a Palestinian news agency.
More than 30 people were killed in the attack on an apartment building in the city of Beit Lahia and many more were injured, the WAFA agency said.
According to the report, Israeli forces prevented ambulances from reaching the site of the attack. It is believed that many people are still trapped under the rubble of the houses. Injured and dead people would lie on the streets.
The information could not be independently verified. When asked, the Israeli military said it would investigate the report.
Residents told dpa that dozens of Israeli soldiers raided the nearby Kamal Adwan hospital. According to their statements and media reports, staff and patients were forced to leave the clinic in Beit Lahia. Dozens of arrests were also made during the operation.
The hospital’s director, Hussam Abu Safeia, spoke of a catastrophic situation in and around the clinic, with air strikes and heavy shelling in the area.
As a result of the Israeli operation, there are now only two inexperienced surgeons left in the clinic to operate on the twenty patients who need urgent care.
When asked, the Israeli military said it would check the information.
A boy is seen through a hole at the scene of an Israeli attack on a house in Deir al-Balah. Omar Ashtawy/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
