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Dozens killed and injured in Israeli missile strikes on Shati and Jabalya refugee camps

Published: 09 Oct 2023 - 03:33 pm | Last Updated: 09 Oct 2023 - 03:36 pm
Palestinians inspect the destruction in a neighbourhood heavily damaged by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City's Shati refugee camp early on October 9, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud Hams / AFP)

Palestinians inspect the destruction in a neighbourhood heavily damaged by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City's Shati refugee camp early on October 9, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud Hams / AFP)

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Gaza: Dozens of Palestinians were killed and others were injured in heavy Israeli missile strikes on a market and a mosque in Shati and Jabalya refugee camps in the north of the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian WAFA news agency said that the occupation warplanes fired several missiles at a mosque in the center of Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, killing and wounding a number of people and causing heavy destruction to homes in the area, as well as the infrastructure.

The occupation warplanes also fired missiles at the market area in the center of Jabalya refugee camp hitting an area known as Trans in the crowded market killing and wounding dozens, and causing heavy destruction, it added.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health had announced that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip rose to 510, including 91 children and 61 women, and that 2,800 were wounded since Saturday.