At Least 31 People Killed in Israeli Strike on Gaza Refugee Camp

The majority of the dead were reportedly women and children

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Officials in Gaza say at least 31 people were killed in the Nuseirat refugee camp after an Israeli airstrike there.

"The civil defense crew were able to recover 31 martyrs and 20 wounded from a house belonging to the Hassan family, which was targeted by the Israeli occupation forces in the Nuseirat camp," said Gaza civil defense agency spokesperson Mahmud Bassal said, the Guardian reported.

He said rescue workers were continuing to search for missing people beneath the rubble.

Most of the victims were reportedly women and children.

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital officials said it had received the bodies of eight women and four children, the Associated Press reported.

The Palestinian Red Crescent emergency service said a separate strike on a street in Nuseirat killed five people.

Israeli troops moved on Gaza after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel. More than 1,000 people were killed and hundreds more were kidnapped back into Gaza.

The resulting war has killed an estimated 35,000 Palestinians.

The Biden administration has been pushing Israel to agree to a ceasefire in the conflict.

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