Hundreds of people, including children, are reported to have been killed in the area where the Israeli operation to rescue four hostages took place.
At least 210 Palestinians were killed in the military operation to free the hostages as explosions rocked the town of Nuserat, Hamas's government media office said, while dozens more were taken to Al-Aqsa hospital, the nearest functioning hospital to the raid.Reporters from the Associated Press said they saw dozens of bodies being brought to the Al-Aqsa hospital, including a baby, while hospital workers told ITV News the situation was "catastrophic".
Israel’s military said it had attacked “threats to our forces in the area,” adding that one commando died from his injuries during the operation to free the hostages taken at the Supernova music festivalThe Israeli attack drew international condemnation, with Egypt's foreign ministry calling it a "flagrant violation of all rules of international law." European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a post on X: "The bloodbath must end immediately.
Saturday’s hostage recovery operation brought the total number of rescued captives to seven. Two were freed in February and one was freed in the aftermath of the October attack. Israeli troops have recovered the bodies of at least 16 hostages, according to the government. But Israel continues to intensify operations across central Gaza, where the hostages were rescued. On Thursday, an Israeli airstrike hit a U.N.-run school compound in Nuseirat,Israel said some 30 militants were inside and on Friday released the names of 17 it said were killed. However, only nine of those matched records from the hospital morgue. One of the alleged militants was an 8-year-old boy, according to hospital records.
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