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At least 400 people were killed and wounded as a result of Israeli airstrikes on the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, the Gaza Interior Ministry said. This is only the preliminary data, the number of victims is likely to grow.
The Gaza Health Ministry reported that more than 100 people were killed and 300 others were wounded in the refugee camp. The quarter was destroyed. Several multi-storey residential buildings were destroyed.
The official representative of the Israel Defense Forces, Daniel Hagari, confirmed the strike on the Jabalia refugee camp. According to the Israeli military, the attack led to the destruction of other facilities, because there was a very extensive infrastructure.” According to Hagari, the target was Hamas underground facilities, which collapsed from the explosion, burying several high-ranking members of the Palestinian movement, among whom, allegedly, was Ibrahim Biari. The IDF considers him one of those who planned the attack on October 7.
– This is the tragedy of war, I mean as you know we have been telling them for days to move south.
– So you knew there were civilians there, you knew there were refugees. But you decided to still drop a bomb on that refugee camp attempting to kill one Hamas commander…
– we are doing everything we can to minimise, sadly they are hiding within the civilian population…
The U.S. administration declined to comment on a series of strikes on the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. The Coordinator for Strategic Communications in the White House National Security Council, John Kirby, expressed confidence that Israel is attempting to protect the peaceful Palestinian population during its current military operations.
Here is the result of Israeli efforts to protect civilians:
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