Source: BBC

Nearly 100 people killed in Israeli attack on north Gaza, rescuers say

16 May 2025

Rushdi Abualouf, Cairo; Yolande Knell, Jerusalem; Mallory Moench, London

BBC News

Nearly 100 people, including children, have been killed in a large-scale Israeli ground, air and sea attack launched early Friday in north Gaza, the Hamas-run civil defence and residents have said.

The civil defence said at least nine homes and tents housing civilians had been bombed overnight and it had received dozens of calls from people trapped.

Witnesses also reported smoke bombs, artillery shelling and tanks in Beit Lahia.

Israel's military said it was "operating to locate and dismantle terrorist infrastructure sites" in north Gaza and had "eliminated several terrorists" over the past day.

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