The number of victims from the Israeli bombings between Tuesday and Wednesday against the Jabalia refugee camp, in the north of the Gaza Strip, has increased to 195 dead and 777 injured, the Gaza Ministry of Health reported this Thursday.
In a statement, the Ministry did not rule out that the number could increase because there are at least 120 people missing under the rubble. On Tuesday, hospital sources said at least 145 people had died from Israeli shelling in Jabalia.
That day, many of the homes in the bombed area, where there were apparently underground tunnels, were reduced to nothing after this attack, as the impacts created a crater in the ground that swept away the surrounding homes.
According to the Israeli Army, the attack targeted a Hamas militia commander, who was killed along with fifty other militiamen hiding in tunnels in the area.
According to sources in Gaza, Israeli warplanes launched tons of explosives into the subsoil that caused the destruction of the foundations of the buildings in the area – with a high population density – and the demolition of many of the buildings.
On Wednesday, Hamas denounced a second “massacre” in Jabalia, with “dozens of dead and wounded” in the Falujah neighborhood, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, due to attacks by Israeli planes.
The spokesman for the al-Qasam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, Abu Obeida, reported that seven hostages, held by the group, died on Tuesday as a result of Israeli bombings against Jabalia. According to the latest figures from the Israeli Army, there are 242 hostages held by Hamas and other Palestinian militias in Gaza.
This Thursday marks the twenty-seventh day of war between Israel and Hamas, which began on October 7 after an attack by the Islamist organization against Israeli territory, which left 1,400 dead, more than 5,400 injured and 242 kidnapped who were taken to Gaza.
Since then, Israel has carried out bombings against the Strip, and last Friday it launched a ground offensive, which has caused more than 8,800 deaths and more than 22,000 injuries.