Tel Aviv [Israel], December 27: Israeli forces began targeting refugee camps in the Gaza Strip, while casualties continued to mount.
The Guardian newspaper reported on December 27 that the Israeli army has expanded its ground campaign against crowded refugee camps in the central Gaza Strip .
Residents in Gaza said they spent a night witnessing airstrikes and shelling on the Nuseirat, Maghazi and Bureij refugee camps.
These refugee camps house many Palestinian families who took refuge during the 1948 war, as well as those who fled northern Gaza during the early stages of Israel 's ground offensive in October.
"We have expanded the fighting to an area known as the central camps. We will continue to adjust operations, methods and force composition according to operational needs," according to a military spokesman Israel Daniel Hagari.
Israel accused Hamas of hiding in crowded places such as hospitals and refugee camps and using civilians as shields, while Hamas denied it.
World Health Organization (WHO) emergency medical team coordinator Sean Casey said more than 100 people were brought to Al-Aqsa hospital within just 30 minutes on December 25, in addition to about 100 bodies.
All injured people need urgent treatment. A United Nations official said there were "an unknown number" of victims trapped under rubble after the Israeli raid.
AFP on December 27 reported that the French Foreign Ministry expressed deep concern after Israel announced that it would intensify and prolong the war against Hamas forces in Gaza. The French Foreign Ministry continues to call for a ceasefire and condemns the bombing that has caused many civilians to become victims in recent days.
In another development, sources from health authorities in Gaza said that Israel has returned the bodies of 80 Palestinians who died in Gaza, after bringing them to Israel for examination to ensure that there were no harmful substances in them. hostage.
The bodies were returned to Hamas for a mass burial in Gaza. About 250 hostages were taken to Gaza after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, killing about 1,200 people. An estimated 129 hostages are still being held in Gaza. Israel retaliated, killing more than 20,900 people and injuring about 55,000 people.
Source: Thanh Nien Newspaper
