Israeli strikes killed at least 39 people in northern Gaza on Saturday, leaving rescuers trying to find survivors under the rubble, according to Palestinian and hospital officials. according to for the Associated Press.
More than three dozen bodies arrived at al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, the hospital director told the AP. An emergency group in Gaza, the Palestinian Civil Defense, said it had removed several dozen bodies from a building in Gaza City hit by the Israelis.
“Fighter jets recently attacked two military infrastructures used by the terrorist organization Hamas in the Gaza City area,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported. he said in a translated post Saturday morning on social platform X. “More details coming soon[.]”
The deaths reported in Gaza on Saturday follow the escalation of conflict between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah on the border with Lebanon. The Lebanese military and political group linked consistent cross-border fire in northern Israel to Israel’s military operations in Gaza.
The AP also reported that Saturday’s deaths in northern Israel follow 25 people killed in attacks on camps and 50 injured near Rafah.
More than 37,400 Palestinians were killed by Israel’s response to an attack late last year by the Palestinian militant group Hamas against Israel that killed 1,200 people, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, the AP reported.
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