Since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict on October 7, the ongoing war in Gaza has taken a grim toll on thousands, as the Palestinian health ministry reported 4,008 children killed with 9,770 individuals killed in total thus far. On Sunday afternoon, November 5, an airstrike hit several houses near a school at the Bureji refugee camp in central Gaza.
According to the officials at Al-Aqsa Hospital, at least 13 people were killed.
The camp is home to an estimated 46,000 people and was struck last Thursday as well. Unfortunately this was not an isolated incident as it was the third refugee camp to be hit by Israeli air strikes within 24 hours – resulting in more than 50 Palestinians being killed in attacks on both al-Maghazi and Jabalia camps.
???? Israel bombed al Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza.
At least 30 Palestinians killed. 100 people still under the rubble.
This is the THIRD refugee camp Israel have bombed in three days, killing 200 peope at Jaballia and Bureij refugee camps. pic.twitter.com/FIqTHgX1mO
— Richard Medhurst (@richimedhurst) November 5, 2023
The Associated Press News reported on the incident:
“Israeli jets struck a house near a school at the crowded Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday. At least 13 people were killed, hospital workers said.
Dozens of residents scrambled to remove the wounded and dead trapped under the rubble. Young men rushed carrying the wounded to ambulances near the school, which took them to Al-Aqsa Hospital. Hospital workers told The Associated Press that at least 13 people died.
The Bureij refugee camp is home to an estimated 46,000 people. Many Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza have stayed in refugee camps and schools as temporary shelters.”
This is a developing story.
