["Christmas Eve massacre", Gaza's deadliest night: at least 70 people died]
#Israeli massacre in Gaza refugee camp on Christmas Eve#
December 24 is the eve of Christmas Eve, a traditional Christian holiday. That night, Israel carried out "heavy and intensive" airstrikes on the Majazi and Buraiji refugee camps in the central Gaza Strip, as well as the southern city of Khan Younis, killing at least 70 people. Reuters called it "one of the deadliest single attacks" Israel launched during the current round of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
According to the report, on the evening of the 24th, the Israeli army launched an attack on the Maigazi refugee camp, blowing up four houses and causing a large number of casualties. Shortly thereafter, heavy air strikes were carried out on the Buraiji refugee camp and the city of Khan Younis. The air raids continued until the early morning of the 25th local time.
The Maighazi refugee camp, located in central Gaza, was very densely populated in the early stages of the war when it received a large number of civilians evacuated from northern Gaza. In a report titled "Christmas Eve Massacre," Al Jazeera said Israel had taken a very systematic approach to air strikes in recent days, intensifying attacks on central areas such as Megazi, with the aim of "forcing the local population to continue to evacuate to the south."
