Hamas accuses Israel of bombing refugee camp amid wave of pro-Palestinian protests

The Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that 51 Palestinians, mostly women and children, were killed and dozens injured in an Israeli attack on the Maghazi refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on the evening of November 4. In a statement on Telegram, Hamas accused Israel of “directly” bombing civilian homes.

The report could not be independently verified. The Israeli military did not immediately comment, but Israel has said it is targeting Hamas, not civilians, and has accused Hamas of using civilians as human shields.

A house in Gaza City (Gaza Strip) was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike on November 4.

A spokesman for the Hamas-run health service in Gaza said a large number of civilians had been killed but gave no exact figure, adding that dozens of seriously injured people were lying on the floor in the emergency ward of a hospital.

Maghazi refugee camp is located in Deir al-Balah province, in the central Gaza Strip.

On November 1, Israel also carried out an airstrike targeting the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza. Hamas said 195 civilians were killed in the attack, while the Israeli army said it attacked Hamas's headquarters in Gaza's largest refugee camp "based on accurate intelligence."

In its latest update, Gaza's health authority said more than 9,480 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, have been killed in Israeli attacks since October 7. Israel's military campaign came after Hamas, the Palestinian political-military organization that controls Gaza, launched a surprise attack on southern Israel, killing about 1,400 people. Hamas also took more than 240 people of mixed nationality to Gaza as hostages, according to Israeli government figures.

Hamas’ armed wing said on November 4 that more than 60 hostages were missing after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, according to Reuters. Late last month, Hamas said about 50 hostages had been killed in the conflict. So far, Hamas has released four hostages, while the Israeli military announced the rescue of another person through ground operations in Gaza.

Protests spread

Nearly a month since the conflict broke out, fighting continues to rage in Gaza, a densely populated area that has been isolated for years, despite the plight of civilians and calls for a ceasefire from the international community, especially the Arab world.

Pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli protests are also on the rise. In London (UK), Paris (France), Berlin (Germany), Ankara and Istanbul (Türkiye), Jakarta (Indonesia) and Washington DC (USA), tens of thousands of Palestinian supporters took to the streets on November 4, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Meanwhile, people in Iran took to the streets to protest against the US and Israel.

Outside the White House, protesters carried signs reading "Let Gaza Live" and "Their Blood Is on Your Hands" to express their opposition to the Biden administration, as Washington, Israel's top ally, continues to reject demands for a full ceasefire in Gaza. It was one of the largest pro-Palestinian protests in the United States and one of the largest demonstrations for any cause in Washington DC in recent years, according to Reuters.

The protest comes as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is embarking on a challenging Middle East tour, his second since the Hamas-Israel conflict erupted. His next stop will be Türkiye, which has strongly condemned Israel and recently recalled its ambassador to Israel and cut off contact with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Over the past two days, Mr. Blinken has met with Mr. Netanyahu in Israel, as well as with his Arab counterparts in Jordan. The Arab world, including some U.S. allies, has shown disagreements with Washington over its approach to the conflict, throwing Mr. Blinken’s latest shuttle diplomacy in the region into uncertainty.

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