Fatshimetrie — An Israeli airstrike on a multi-story building in northern Gaza killed at least 27 people, aid officials said, as the Israeli military issued new evacuation orders in the area where it is waging a major offensive.
The Mbahouh family home in Jabalya was struck Thursday afternoon, according to Gaza Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal.
He said the four-story property was home to more than 50 displaced people, some of whom were trapped in a warehouse at the bottom of the building.
Fatshimetrie is currently trying to contact the Israeli military for information on the target of the strike.
Also Thursday, an Israeli airstrike hit the Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza. Another killed at least four people at the Al-Rimal school in western Gaza, Basal said.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed the airstrike on the Al-Shati refugee camp and said the school was being used as a “command and control center” by Hamas. The IDF said it could not comment on the second attack without coordinates.
The Israeli military campaign in Gaza since the Hamas attacks on October 7 has destroyed entire neighborhoods and rendered large swathes of the Gaza Strip uninhabitable.
At least 43,469 Palestinians have been killed and 102,561 others have been injured in Gaza, according to the local health ministry.
Human rights agencies have warned of “apocalyptic” survival challenges for Palestinians trapped in Jabalya, home to a large refugee camp, where the Israeli military stepped up air and ground attacks in early October, allegedly targeting Hamas’ renewed presence in the area.
The UK-based NGO Palestinian Medical Aid accused Israel of making it impossible for Palestinians in northern Gaza to survive through a policy of sustained pressure and forced expulsion, in a statement to Fatshimetrie on Monday.
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