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Israeli forces kill 96 Palestinians, bomb 5-story residential building in Beit Lahiya, Gaza

November 17, 2024
Palestinians remove a body from the rubble of a building following an Israeli strike in Beit Lahiya, Gaza
Palestinians remove a body from the rubble of a building following an Israeli strike in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip [PHOTO:Al-Jazeera]

Israel, which continues its genocide in Palestine, attacked a 5-story residential building in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza. According to initial reports, At least 96 Palestinians were killed and 60 others injured in Israeli airstrikes in the northern and central Gaza Strip on Sunday, according to local authorities.

Gaza’s government media office said Israeli warplanes targeted several residential buildings and homes in the northern town of Beit Lahia and the refugee camps of Nuseirat and Bureij in central Gaza.

According to the Middle East Monitor, “The occupation army [Israeli army] was aware that dozens of displaced civilians were inside these buildings, and that the majority of them were children and women who had been displaced from their neighborhoods,” Gaza’s government media office said.

Anadolu media writes, “At least 96 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on northern, central Gaza.”

Palestinians mourn over the bodies of relatives after the Israeli military bombed a residential building in Beit Lahiya, Gaza
Palestinians mourn over the bodies of relatives after the Israeli military bombed a residential building in Beit Lahiya, Gaza [PHOTO: Al-Jazeera]
According to eyewitnesses, the Israeli army struck a five-story building in the area of ​​Legitimate Beit Lahiya, where Palestinians were forcibly displaced. The building, which reportedly housed about 70 people, was destroyed.

According to Reuters, The United Nations Human Rights Office said the Israeli military appeared to be “cutting off North Gaza completely from the rest of the Gaza Strip.”

“Gaza families are facing unimaginable fear, loss of loved ones, confusion, and exhaustion. People must be able to flee safely, without facing further danger,” Adrian Zimmerman,

According to initial reports, 96 Palestinians were killed and dozens were injured in the attack.

According to information received from hospital sources, Israeli warplanes bombed two houses in the Bureyj Refugee Camp in central Gaza and the east of Rafah city in southern Gaza. 16 people lost their lives in the attacks.

Eyewitnesses also said that Israeli forces blew up dozens of buildings with explosives in the al-Fahura district, west of the Jibaliya Refugee Camp in northern Gaza.

Arab Desk

Arab Desk

The Arab Desk leads The Eastern Herald's reporting on the Middle East and North Africa. The desk has covered the Gaza-Israel war since October 2023, the Iran-Israel war of 2025-2026, the fall of the Assad government in Syria, Hezbollah's political and military shifts in Lebanon, the war in Yemen, and the diplomatic realignment of the Gulf states under the Abraham Accords and the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.

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