Israeli airstrike in Gaza kills many
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🗓️ 13 July 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says at least 71 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike near the southern city of Khan Younis. Israeli defence sources are reported to have described the incident as a "very significant" strike with reports a senior Hamas commander, Mohammed Deif, was the target.
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(Picture: People mourn at Nasser hospital, following the killing of Palestinians in an Israeli strike at a tent camp, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 13, 2024. Credit: Reuters)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service coming to |
| 0:06.6 | live from London I'm James Kimara Sami and we begin today in Gaza and a large |
| 0:12.3 | Israeli air-stride near the southern city of Han Eunice |
| 0:15.6 | described by witnesses as feeling like an earthquake. The sound there of people fleeing a densely populated area where Israeli defence sources |
| 0:30.6 | are reported to have carried out a very significant strike. This woman |
| 0:35.2 | described what happened as she fled the scene. |
| 0:37.6 | We were sitting in the tent. Nothing was happening. |
| 0:43.0 | Suddenly a rocket fell over us. |
| 0:45.0 | Children were in pieces. |
| 0:47.0 | God is sufficient for us and he is the best guardian of our affairs. |
| 0:51.0 | Look at us world. |
| 0:52.0 | Have some feeling. |
| 0:53.3 | Well, Israeli officials have said that the target was a top Hamas military commander, |
| 1:00.7 | Mohammed Dave. |
| 1:02.2 | We have approached the IDDF, the Israel Defense Forces, for details |
| 1:05.8 | about the air strike but have been told no one was available to speak to us at the moment. |
| 1:10.8 | According to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza, dozens of people have been killed and many others |
| 1:15.1 | injured in the Amuasi area where large numbers of displaced Palestinians have been |
| 1:19.6 | sheltering intense. |
| 1:20.8 | Well, just before coming on air, we got through to Dr Mohammed |
| 1:23.8 | Abu-Raya a health consultant at the Al-A-Xa hospital in the D'Arla |
| 1:28.9 | Bala area of Central Gaza. He told me about the situation there since the morning. |
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