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Israeli Airstrikes Hit Marketplace and Mosques in Gaza, Killing Dozens [1]

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Date: 2023-10-09

Israeli airstrikes pounded Gaza on Monday, flattening mosques over the heads of worshipers, wiping away a busy marketplace full of shoppers and killing entire families, witnesses and authorities in Gaza said.

Five Israeli airstrikes ripped through the marketplace in the Jabaliya refugee camp, reducing it to rubble and killing dozens, the authorities said. Other strikes hit four mosques in the Shati refugee camp and killed people worshiping inside, they said. Witnesses said boys had been playing soccer outside one of the mosques when it was struck.

The strikes came as part of Israel’s response to Saturday’s attack, when hundreds of Palestinian gunmen swept across Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip, killing civilians and soldiers in shooting rampages and firing thousands of rockets toward the center of the country. The fighters are believed to be holding 150 hostages, both civilians and soldiers. About 800 Israelis were killed and nearly 2,400 were injured, according to Israeli officials.

Israel says its strikes are targeting centers of operations of Hamas, the armed Palestinian group that controls Gaza. It confirmed hitting the mosques, saying it was targeting Hamas infrastructure or fighters inside those buildings.

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/09/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-market-air-strike-jabaliya.html

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