Al-Zawaida, May 18 (askanews) – The images show the scene of destruction after an attack on the central area of Al-Zawayda, Palestinians search for bodies among the rubble and mourn their loved ones who were killed.
Gaza's civil defense agency said air strikes killed at least 33 people, more than half of them children, a day after Israel announced an expansion of its military campaign.
Civil defense spokesman Mahmoud Bassal told AFP that 22 people were killed and at least 100 others injured in a dawn attack on tents housing displaced Palestinians in Al-Mawasi, in the southern Gaza Strip.
Seven people were killed in an attack on a house in Jabalia, in the north of the Strip, Bassal said, while Al-Awda hospital in the same area was damaged. Casualties were also reported in the central area of Al-Zawayda and in Khan Yunis, in the south.
The Israeli military announced yesterday that it has stepped up operations across Gaza in an attempt to defeat Hamas militants after more than 19 months of war.
Notizie.it editorial team