Israeli army killed at least 350 Palestinians in the past 48 hours in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, the Palestine government in Gaza said in a statement
Medical teams were unable to reach dozens of bodies scattered on the streets, the statement added, noting that local residents had to bury the dead in the courtyard of Nasser Hospital as they could not take them to the Khan Younis cemetery, Xinhua reported.
Residents reported heavy aerial and tank fire across Khan Younis, an area of southern Gaza that has become the focus of Israel’s ground offensive against Hamas, and around two main hospitals there.
Hamas said its fighters fired an anti-tank missile against an Israeli tank in southwest Khan Younis, Al Arabiya reported.
The Gaza health ministry said Israeli strikes hit in the vicinities of Al-Amal Hospital and the largest functioning medical facility in the south, Al-Nasser Hospital.
The Israeli bombardment was compromising healthcare and endangering the lives of doctors, patients and displaced people, said ministry spokesperson Ashraf Al-Qudra.
Some 26,257 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 65,000 wounded so far, including 174 killed in the last 24 hours, Gaza health authorities said on Saturday. The majority of the enclave’s 2.3 million population has been displaced.
