Rescuers work on site of Israeli strikes on Gaza tent camp | ABS-CBN News

Rescuers in Gaza searched for casualties on the early hours of Tuesday (September 10), after Israeli missiles set ablaze a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza, killing or wounding 65 people according to the enclave's civil emergency. Charred tents, scattered clothes and belongings of the displaced were seen at the scene, as at least 20 tents caught fire, the Gaza civil emergency service announced. Residents and medics said the tent encampment near Khan Younis in the Al-Mawasi area, which Israel has designated a humanitarian safe zone for displaced Palestinians, was struck by at least four missiles. The camp is crowded with families ordered by the Israeli military to flee there from elsewhere in the territory. The Hamas-run Gaza government media office put the number of fatalities at more than 40. It said that at least 60 others were wounded in the strikes and many remained missing as rescue workers continued their searches early on Tuesday. The Israeli military said that the strike was on a Hamas command center. Hamas, the Islamist group that controlled Gaza before the conflict, denied Israeli allegations that gunmen were present in the targeted area, and rejected accusations it exploited civilian areas for military purposes. Nearly all of Gaza's 2.3 million people have been forced from their homes at least once, and some have had to flee as many as 10 times. The war was triggered on Oct. 7 when Hamas attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking about 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies. Israel's subsequent assault on Gaza has killed more than 40,900 Palestinians, according to the enclave's health ministry. The two warring sides each blame the other for a failure so far to reach a ceasefire that would end the fighting and see the release of hostages. (Production: Abdullah Al-Attar, Bassam Masoud, Abir Al Ahmar) For more ABS-CBN News, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmgG2ln-vtKXb-oLlGEZc3sR To watch the latest updates on COVID-19, click the link below: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmgUjPkc730KnTVICyQU6gBf Subscribe to the ABS-CBN News channel! - http://bit.ly/TheABSCBNNews Watch the full episodes of TV Patrol on iWantTFC: http://bit.ly/TVPatrol-iWantTFC Visit our website at http://news.abs-cbn.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abscbnNEWS Twitter: https://twitter.com/abscbnnews #Exclusive #LatestNews #ABSCBNNews