CAIRO (Reuters) -The death toll following an Israeli air strike that hit central Gaza’s Maghazi refugee camp has risen to 70 people, Palestinian health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said on Sunday, adding that the death toll was likely to climb.
“What is happening at the Maghazi camp is a massacre that is being committed on a crowded residential square,” al-Qidra said.
Israel’s military spokesperson’s office said it is looking into the report.
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, which runs Gaza, issued a statement calling the air strike “a horrific massacre” and said it was “a new war crime.”
(Reporting by Nidal al-MughrabiWriting by Adam MakaryEditing by Mark Potter and Leslie Adler)
