Israeli strikes kill 40 in Khan Younis, Hamas-run authorities say

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******** strikes ***** 40 in Khan Younis, ******-run authorities say

At least 40 people have been ******* in southern Gaza and dozens more injured in ******** strikes on a designated humanitarian zone, the ******-run Civil Defence authority said.

The ******** military said its aircraft attacked an operations centre in Khan Younis belonging to ****** militants using precision weaponry.

Local residents said three strikes targeted tents housing displaced people in the humanitarian zone of al-Mawasi, west of the city of Khan Younis, causing huge craters.

“Forty people were ******* and more than 60 injured, while many are still under the rubble,” the operations director of ******’s civil defence authority told the BBC.

Eyewitnesses told the BBC large explosions rocked the al-Mawasi area shortly after midnight and flames could be seen rising into the sky.

Khaled Mahmoud, a volunteer for a charity who lives near the site of the strikes, said he and other volunteers rushed to help but were stunned by the scale of the disaster.

“The strikes created three craters seven metres deep and ******* more than 20 tents,” Mr Mahmoud said.

Unverified videos showed civilians digging through the sand with their hands in an attempt to rescue Palestinians from a deep ***** caused by the airstrikes.

Posting on Telegram, an ******* Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson said it had attacked “key terrorists of the ********** organisation ****** who were operating in a command and control complex disguised in the humanitarian area in Khan Younis”.

“Prior to the *******, many measures were taken to reduce the chance of harming civilians, including the use of precision weaponry, air strikes and additional intelligence information,” the spokesperson added.

“This is another example of the systematic use by the ********** organisations in the Gaza Strip of the population and civilian infrastructure, including the humanitarian space, for the purpose of carrying out ********** acts against the State of ******* and the IDF forces.”

****** rejected the ******** military’s claims that there were ****** fighters present in the area, calling it a “blatant” lie.

“The resistance has denied several times that any of its members exist within civilian gatherings or using these places for military purposes.”

Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have fled to Khan Younis since ******* launched its military campaign in the territory last October.

The ground operation was launched in response to ******’s unprecedented ******* on southern ******* on 7 October, in which about 1,200 were ******* and 251 were taken ********.

More than 40,900 people have been ******* in Gaza since then, according to the territory’s ******-run health ministry.

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