Israeli strike on so-called safe zone kills 19 people, Gaza health ministry says [Video]

LAST UPDATE | 3 hrs ago

AN ISRAELI STRIKE on a so-called humanitarian zone in the south of the Gaza Strip has killed 19 people, according to the Palestinian health ministry. 

The strike hit Al-Mawasi – in Gaza’s main southern city of Khan Younis – which was designated a safe zone by the Israeli military early in the war, with tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians seeking refuge there.

The Israeli army said it had targeted “significant Hamas terrorists who were operating within a command-and-control centre embedded inside the humanitarian area”, which Hamas has denied.

The Gaza health ministry said 19 bodies had been brought to hospitals since the early morning strike, but more victims were likely still buried in the sand.

Gaza’s Civil Defence had earlier reported that 40 people had been killed and 60 others had been wounded in the strike. The Israeli military said the figure did “not align with the information” it …