GAZA: An Israeli strike targeting a refugee camp market in central Gaza has resulted in fatalities and injuries, the local officials said on Saturday.
According to the local authorities, there are fatalities and a number of injuries in the Israeli military’s targeting of the Nusseirat Market in the Gaza Strip. Turkish media citied local media as saying that the Israeli attack targeted a shop, which is located in the Nusseirat refugee camp in Gaza.
Israeli airstrike hits refugee camp market, results in fatalities and injuries, Gaza's Interior Ministry says https://t.co/k3KSFD9N4h pic.twitter.com/jK2WLV8w1p
— Anadolu English (@anadoluagency) October 21, 2023
Earlier on Saturday,Arab news reported a humanitarian convoy of twenty trucks began to enter the Gaza Strip from the Egypt’s Rafah border crossing, the first since the war broke out between Hamas and Israel on Oct. 7.
#WATCH: Humanitarian aid trucks started entering the besieged #Gaza Strip from the #Rafah crossing in #Egypt on Saturday #Palestine #Gaza https://t.co/NYagtzDLVj pic.twitter.com/EyWzMzBZFO
— Arab News (@arabnews) October 21, 2023
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The war in Gaza, under Israeli brutal bombardment and blockade since Oct. 7, started when Palestinian group Hamas started Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, a surprise strike on Israel. Hamas stated the attack was in retaliation for the attacking of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and increasing violence by Israeli settlers.
