Hamas says dozens killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza refugee camp
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The Health Ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said on Sunday the Israeli military struck a refugee camp in the territory overnight, killing at least 40 people, as calls by the Arab world for a ceasefire were rejected by the United States and Israel.
The Maghazi camp in central Gaza is located in the evacuation zone where Israel's military had urged Palestinian civilians to seek refuge as it focuses its military offensive in the northern areas.
In a separate attack, 21 Palestinians from one family, including women and children, were killed in Israeli strikes targeting Gaza overnight, the Health Ministry said.
Reuters could not independently verify these accounts. Asked for comment, the Israeli military said they were waiting and gathering details.
With the death toll in Gaza mounting, pro-Palestinian demonstrators staged protests in cities around the world on Saturday, calling for an end to the nearly month-old war.
Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to the occupied West Bank on Sunday and met with the Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas as part of a regional tour aimed at tackling the crisis.
Palestinian officials said Blinken flew in to Tel Aviv and travelled over land. Abbas has had little sway in Gaza, however, since the Hamas takeover of the enclave in 2007. The two met for about an hour but did not address the media.
Gaza health officials said on Sunday more than 9,700 Palestinians have been killed in the war, which began when Hamas fighters launched a surprise attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7. The attack left about 1,400 people dead, and more than 240 others were taken hostage, the Israeli government says.
Israel continued to strike the Gaza Strip by air, sea and ground overnight.
Gaza health officials said airstrikes destroyed a cluster of houses in the Maghazi refugee camp. Reuters footage showed people searching through rubble for victims or survivors at the refugee camp in central Gaza. One man, crying, was being embraced by others.
Mohammad Al-Aloul, a photographer for Turkish news agency Anadolu, said he lost his four children, four of his brothers and their children in the strike, which destroyed his house.
"I was doing my job when I heard that an Israeli airstrike targeted a residential district in Maghazi and that there are martyrs and injured," Al-Aloul told Reuters.
"I arrived in hospital and found out that my four children, including my only daughter, were martyred."
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