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Israeli strikes kill at least 42 Palestinians in Gaza refugee camp: Hamas

Israeli strikes kill at least 42 Palestinians in Gaza refugee camp: Hamas

Israeli strike kills 24 in northern Gaza's Al-Shati camp, Hamas media office says

Latest Israeli attacks in parts of Gaza city in the north of the blockaded Palestinian enclave killed at least 42 people on June 22, the director of the Hamas-run government media office said.

According to the news agency Reuters, one Israeli strike on houses in Al-Shati killed 24 people. Another 18 Palestinians were killed in a strike on houses in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood.

“A short while ago, IDF fighter jets struck two Hamas military infrastructure sites in the area of Gaza City," the Israeli military said in a brief statement.

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While Hamas in a statement said that the attacks targeted the civilian population and vowed in a statement "the occupation and its Nazi leaders will pay the price for their violations against our people."

The war in Gaza began after Hamas militants stormed into southern Israel and killed around 1200 people and took more than 250 hostages onOctober 7 last year.

Israel's offensive has left Gaza in ruins, killed more than 37,400 people, of whom 101 were killed in the past 24 hours, according to Palestinian health authorities.

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More than eight months into the war, Israel’s advance is now focused on the two last areas its forces had yet to seize: Rafah on Gaza’s southern edge and the area surrounding Deir al-Balah in the centre.

Reports say that the Israeli tanks have deepened their offensive into western and northern Rafah areas in recent days. On June 22 Israeli forces bombed several areas from air and the ground.

On June 21, the Gaza Health Ministry said at least 25 Palestinians were killed in Mawasi in western Rafah and 50 wounded.

A tank shell hit a tent housing displacingfamilies, it was reported.

The Israeli military said that the incident was under review. "An initial inquiry conducted suggests that there is no indication that a strike was carried out by the IDF in the humanitarian area in Al-Mawasi," it said.

(With inputs from agencies)

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