49 dead in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip

2023-10-17 07:00:21

The Interior Ministry said residential buildings in Khan Yunis and Rafah were hit in the Gaza Strip, which is controlled by the radical Islamic Hamas.

According to the Israeli military, several hundred thousand Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have not yet responded to calls to evacuate. By nightfall on Tuesday, it was estimated that just over 600,000 people had moved to the south of the sealed-off coastal strip, army spokesman Jonathan Conricus said on Tuesday. “There are still a few hundred thousand who should go,” he added. In preparation for a possible ground offensive against the Islamist Hamas attackers, Israel has repeatedly called on the population of the northern Gaza Strip to leave the area to the south.