According to the Gaza civil defense agency, the strikes hit residential apartments in the Rimal neighborhood, a police station in Sheikh Radwan, and makeshift shelters in Al-Mawasi—a designated safe zone where thousands of displaced families reside. Rescue workers pulled bodies from the rubble of a police station where seven people, including four female officers, were killed. Witnesses reported seeing the bodies of young girls in the streets of Gaza City following the strikes on apartment buildings.
The Israeli military justified the escalation as a retaliatory measure, claiming that eight Palestinian fighters had emerged from a tunnel in Rafah on Friday in violation of the ceasefire. They stated the operation targeted commanders from Hamas and Islamic Jihad. However, Hamas officials condemned the strikes as a “fully fledged crime,” asserting that Israel continues to disregard its commitments. Since the ceasefire began on October 10, the death toll in Gaza has risen to over 500, raising serious concerns about the total collapse of the diplomatic efforts to end the conflict. (TNIE)
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