31 October 2023 Jabalia refugee camp airstrike

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On October 31, 2023, Israel bombed the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip – an event that was called the Jabalia camp massacre in the Muslim world. The airstrike, which came amidst the Israeli invasion of Gaza, killed more than 120 people, mostly women and children. It was widely condemned as a war crime by human rights organisations and legal experts and the strike led to many countries severing diplomatic ties with Israel due to the attacks disproportionality and killing of civilians. The Jabalia refugee camp is very densely populated, and despite an evacuation order, social media videos showed that many civilians remained in the camp. The camp received hits from multiple Israeli air strikes during the Gaza war. The airstrike trapped more than a hundred beneath the rubble, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. The Indonesia Hospital said most casualties were women and children. Gaza Interior Ministry stated the camp had been "completely destroyed," with preliminary estimates of about...

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