Palestinian television announced that the number of dead from the Israeli bombing of several homes in the Maghazi Palestinian refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip had risen to more than 78.

Medical sources at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital confirmed the arrival of 78 dead, including those with body parts, as a result of the artillery shelling and raids that targeted many homes in Al-Maghazi camp, adding that a number of injured people also arrived at the hospital, including some in very serious conditions.

The spokesman for Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital said that most of the dead who arrived from the Maghazi and Bureij camps were children, women and the elderly.

The spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, confirmed that what is happening in Al-Maghazi camp is the annihilation of an entire residential square, noting that the number of killed has reached 70, but the number is likely to increase with the presence of many people under the rubble.

The spokesman for the Ministry of Health stated that there are focused targets on the central region, pointing out that the occupation directs residents to the places of their mass killings in areas that it claims are safe.

Al-Qudra pointed out that the Israeli occupation forces are bombing the main road between the camps in the central region to impede the arrival of ambulances and civil defense vehicles to the various targeting locations.