At least 35 people have been killed and dozens of others were wounded in an Israeli attack on a residential block in Gaza City’s Shujayea neighborhood, medical sources told Al Jazeera.
The Gaza Health Ministry said it expected the death toll from an attack in northern Gaza to rise, as civil defense teams and residents dug frantically to locate dozens of missing residents believed to be trapped under the rubble.
The Israeli military said the raid targeted a senior Hamas fighter, but did not give his name, claiming that it had taken several steps to reduce harm to civilians.
Ayub Salim, 26, a resident of Shujayea, told Al Jazeera that some victims were “torn to pieces” by the attack with “multiple missiles” that sent shrapnel flying.
“Dust and massive destruction filled the entire place. We couldn’t see anything, just [heard] the screams and panic of the people,” he said.
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