29 October 2024 Beit Lahia massacre | |
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Part of the siege of North Gaza during the Israel–Hamas war | |
Location | Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip, Palestine |
Date | 29 October 2024 6:30 a.m. (PSST) |
Attack type | Airstrike |
Deaths | 109+ Palestinians |
Injured | Dozens |
Perpetrator | Israel Defense Forces |
On 29 October 2024, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted an airstrike on a five-story residential building in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, killing at least 109 Palestinians, including 20 children, and leaving 40 others missing. [1] [2]
The airstrike occurred at 6:30 a.m. local time. [3] The building was being used to shelter displaced Palestinians. Ismail al-Thawabta, the director-general of Gaza's government Media Office said that 200 people were inside the building when the attack occurred. [1] At least 109 people were confirmed killed in the strike, including at least 20 children, and dozens of others were injured. Forty other people were reported missing. [2] According to the Gaza Health Ministry, more than half of those killed in the attack were women and children. [4]
The Kamal Adwan Hospital, which was besieged by Israeli forces at the time of the airstrike, could not treat the wounded due to a lack of doctors. [2]
Gaza's Media Office condemned the strike, referring to it as a "horrific massacre against civilians, children and women", and demanded that medical teams be sent to northern Gaza. [1]
The IDF did not immediately comment on the attack. [4]
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