Dozens Killed and Wounded in Attack on Gaza Tent Camp; Israel Claims to Target 'Command Center'

The Gaza Civil Emergency Service announced on Tuesday that Israeli missiles 'set fire to the Palestinian refugee camp in southern Gaza, killing or injuring 65 people.' The Israeli army stated that it targeted 'key Hamas terrorists operating in a command and control center located in a humanitarian area in Khan Younis.' According to Reuters, the Hamas-run Gaza government media office reported that the death toll exceeded 40, with 'at least 60 others injured and many missing.' Search efforts by rescue forces continued early Tuesday. Residents and doctors reported that a tent camp near Khan Younis in the 'Mawasi' area, designated by Israel as a humanitarian safe zone for Palestinian refugees, was hit by at least four missiles. This camp is filled with families who were ordered by the Israeli army to flee there from other parts of Gaza. The Gaza Civil Emergency Service claimed that at least 20 tents caught fire in this attack. The report stated that the 65 victims 'include women and children,' but no immediate figures on fatalities and injuries were provided. In relation to this attack, the Israeli army stated that it targeted 'key Hamas terrorists operating in a command and control center located in a humanitarian area in Khan Younis.' The Israeli Defense Forces' statement said: 'The terrorists had advanced and carried out terrorist attacks against Israeli army forces and the state of Israel.' Hamas, the Islamist group supported by the Islamic Republic, which controlled Gaza before the conflict, denied Israel's claims of armed presence in the targeted area and rejected accusations of exploiting civilian areas for military purposes. The war began on October 7 of last year, when a Hamas terrorist attack reportedly killed 1,200 people and took about 250 hostages, according to Israeli statistics. The Gaza Health Ministry, controlled by Hamas, claimed that the Israeli military response has left over 40,000 dead in Gaza. The death toll from 'Israel's attack on military locations' in Syria has reached 16. The increase in casualties from 'Israeli airstrikes' on locations of Iranian proxies in Syria. Two Israeli officials stated that military focus should shift from Gaza to Lebanon and Iran; 'we are late in this regard.' The Israeli Foreign Minister threatened the Palestinian Authority with 'dissolution.' Gallant, referring to the killing of three Israelis: the Iranian government seeks to expand terrorism. The killing of three Israelis in the West Bank; Netanyahu: we are surrounded by the deadly ideology of the 'Axis of Evil' of the Iranian government.