Israeli airstrike kills 25 civilians, destroys buildings in Gaza

December 11, 2024
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16 people had initially been reported killed in 2 strikes [PHOTO: Al-Jazeera]

25 Palestinians were killed and many injured as a result of an Israeli airstrike targeting two apartment buildings in the central and northern parts of the Gaza Strip.

An Israeli fighter plane bombed a three-story civilian building near the Kamal Advan Hospital in the Legitimacy area of ​​Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip.

The building was completely destroyed in the attack in which 18 civilians lost their lives. It was reported that 12 people were trapped under the rubble due to the bombing.

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Palestinian women mourn relatives killed in an Israeli strike [PHOTO: AFP]
In a statement made by Al-Awda Hospital in the middle of the Gaza Strip, it was reported that the bodies of 7 civilians who died and 6 injured people who were killed in the bombing of an apartment in the Safin region southwest of the Nusayrat Refugee Camp were brought to the hospital.

The hospital released a video showing the moment rescue teams removed the bodies from the targeted home.

Eyewitnesses reported that citizens and rescue teams continued their search and rescue efforts for those under the rubble.

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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