An Israeli strike killed at least 73 people on Saturday night in the Gaza Strip, according to the territory's civil defense.
The strike took place in a residential area of Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, where the army is conducting a new offensive against Hamas.
"Defense civil teams have recovered 73 dead and a large number of injured," said Mahmoud Bassal, a spokesman for the civil defense, adding that people were still trapped under the rubble.
The Israeli army stated that the death toll given by the Gaza authorities "does not match" the information in its possession, including "the munitions used and the precision of a strike on a Hamas target."
Before this strike, civil defense in Gaza had reported "over 400 deaths" in northern Gaza since the offensive launched by the Israeli army on October 6 to, according to them, prevent Hamas from rebuilding its forces.
"Appalling news coming from northern Gaza, where Palestinians continue to suffer unspeakable horrors under the siege of Israeli forces," condemned Joyce Msuya, the interim head of the UN humanitarian aid.
Par Cyril JULIEN avec Aya ISKANDARANI avec AFP
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