10 Palestinians killed, 20 injured in Israeli attack on mosque in central Gaza

By Anadolu staff

ANKARA (AA) – At least 10 Palestinians were killed and 20 more injured in an Israeli attack on a mosque in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday.

“The Israeli army targeted a mosque in the Shati Camp, west of Gaza City, in central Gaza Strip,” spokesman for the Civil Defense Agency Mahmoud Basal told Anadolu.

The attack killed 10 Palestinians and injured 20 more, he added.

Israel, flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire, has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since an Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.

More than 38,400 Palestinians have since been killed, mostly women and children, and nearly 88,500 injured, according to local health authorities.

Over nine months into the Israeli war, vast tracts of Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water and medicine.

Israel is accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, whose latest ruling ordered it to immediately halt its military operation in the southern city of Rafah, where more than 1 million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on May 6.

* Writing by Ikram Kouachi