Israeli strike on displacement camp in Gaza
Hamas-run Gaza's health ministry said dozens were killed on Saturday in an Israeli strike on a displacement camp in an area where Israel said it targeted Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif. (Reuters photo)
Strike led to mass casualty in Al-Mawasi area
It is the latest mass-casualty incident in the Al-Mawasi area, where many Palestinians had fled, and came as international mediators pushed on with efforts to halt the nine-month war between Israel and Hamas militants. (AFP photo)
Gaza heath ministry says 71 killed in strikes
A statement from the Gaza health ministry said there were more than "71 martyrs" and 289 people wounded in what it called a "brutal massacre by the occupation", a reference to Israel, at Al-Mawasi camp. (Reuters photo)
Israel says it targeted masterminds of Oct 7 massacre
The Israeli military said it had targeted Deif and Rafa Salama, a brigade commander, calling them "two of the masterminds of the October 7 massacre" which sparked the Gaza war. (Reuters photo)
Israel says it targeted operational compound
"The area that was struck is an open area, surrounded by trees, several buildings and sheds. It was not a tent complex, but an operational compound," it said. (Reuters photo)
Hamas says Israel's statement 'false allegations'
A Hamas statement called the claim that Deif had been targeted "false allegations" intended "to cover up the magnitude of the horrific massacre". AFPTV footage showed sirens wailing and smoke rising in the distance as men used blankets to collect victims. Some were clearly beyond help and lay dead on the road. (Reuters photo)
Palestinians moved to Al-Mawasi from Rafah
Israel in May had told Palestinians in the Rafah area to move to a designated humanitarian area in Al-Mawasi on the coast as troops moved in to the southern city of Rafah near the Egyptian border. (Reuters photo)
May strike killed 45 people
In May, a fire killed 45 people at a tent city in Al-Mawasi. Israel's military said it had targeted and killed two senior Hamas militants in northwest Rafah in the strike which sparked the blaze, but added its munitions alone could not have caused the fire. (Reuters photo)
In late June 22 people were killed
In late June, the International Committee of the Red Cross said 22 people were killed by shelling that damaged its Gaza office, which is surrounded by hundreds of displaced people who sought shelter there. (Reuters photo)
War started with Hamas's Oct 7 attack
The war started with Hamas's October 7 attack on southern Israel which resulted in the deaths of 1,195 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli figures. (Reuters photo)
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