Palestinians hold funerals for scores of civilians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza refugee camps
Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip held mass funerals on Monday for scores of people killed in Israeli airstrikes on two refugee camps in the center of the territory.
Some people had to go through body bags to identify their loved ones outside Deir al-Balah Hospital in central Gaza, where bodies piled after at least 78 people were killed by the Israeli regime's airstrikes.
It was one of the besieged territory's deadliest nights of Israel's eleven-week-old war of aggression on Gaza.
Strikes that began hours before midnight persisted into Christmas Day on Monday, with the regime stepping up air and ground attacks against al-Bureij and al-Maghazi camps in central Gaza.
"It was 2 o'clock in the night when I suddenly woke up to a loud noise. I screamed as the curtains and walls of the house collapsed upon us while we were sleeping. In the darkness, I reached out to check on my young son who was sleeping beside me, but I touched rubble instead. What could I do at that moment? There was no light, no fire, no electricity to see. This is certainly the cruel face with which they are fighting us, of course," said Hamdan Issa, who lost his son during the attack.
He added, "This is further barbarism, [and] more of Israel's barbaric actions. While the Western world mourns human and animal rights violations, Gaza is being obliterated without regard for anyone. This is genocide. A three-story house sheltering displaced people is being targeted without any prior warning."
At least 70 people were killed in the strike that targeted al-Maghazi, Gaza's Health Ministry spokesperson Ashraf Al-Qidra said, adding that many of the victims were women and children.
According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, the total death toll from Israel's genocide in Gaza has reached 20,674 people with 54,536 others injured.
(Source: Reuters)
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