Ghetto imagesAt least 37 people were killed in a series of Israeli strikes, most in areas where displaced civilians created tents, says the Gaza Civil Protection Agency.
Witnesses to Al Mavasi told the BBC that the tents were swallowed up by flames after a “powerful” explosion, causing the death of dozens of Palestinians, including children. A man said he woke up to “screaming and panic” and watches “the flames quickly spread from one tent to another.”
Previously, Israel told the Palestinians to be evacuated from other parts of gas to Al Mavasi.
The Israeli military did not comment immediately, but said they were looking at reports of strikes.
UN UN CEO Catherine Russell said: “The images of children burn as they shelter in makeshift tents must shake us all to our core.”
Later on Thursday, Hamas officially rejected the last proposal to end the Israel fire, saying he was ready to negotiate a deal to see the release of all other hostages in exchange for the end of the war.
Israel had offered a 45 -day termination of fire in exchange for the launch of 10 hostages.
In a video statement, the head of Hamas Halil Al-Haya negotiation team said the group would not “accept the partial deals they serve (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) the Netanyahu political program.”
Israel's stated goal is to completely disarm and destroy Hamas.
In connection with the latest strikes, a civil defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal said two rockets hit tents in the Al Mavasi coastal zone near the southern town of Han Einnis, killing at least 16 people, “most of them women and children.” He said 23 others were injured.
The video checked by the BBC showed the charred remains of the bearing with things scattered through the ground and the survivors that examine the damage.
The survivors described the awakening of the “sound of screams and panic” after a “powerful” explosion hit the camp.
“I rushed out and saw the tent next to mine, swallowed in flames,” a man told the BBC Gaza Lifeline program.
“The women were running out, trying desperately to escape from fire,” he continued.
“Many martyrs were lost in the fire and we were helpless to save them. It was heartbreaking to watch them die right in front of us, unable to do something, as the flames quickly spread from one tent to another.”
He said “a large number of children” were killed.
A displaced woman from Khan Einnis said the strike killed 10 members of one family while they were sleeping, with other five family members being injured.
One described that he rushed to the scene with others after hearing the explosion and tried to extinguish the flames by throwing sand on the tents.
“But we failed,” he said. “The fire was too intense, consuming the tents and the people inside. We were helpless, we couldn't do anything to save them.”
Amande Baserole, an emergency coordinator for Sans Frontiers (MSF) drugs in Gaza, said the strikes had occurred near their office, and MSF received some of the victims.
“It was very close to our office south last night. When the tents were directed and lit, we received the patients. Most of them are actually dead and arrive dead, but we have some very critical patients,” she told the BBC.
The Gaza Civil Protection Agency said further air strikes killed seven people in the northern city of Bate Lahia, two near Al Mavasi and 10 people in Jabalia, including seven members of one family in one attack and three people in a school building used as a shelter in another.
In a statement on Thursday, Israeli military said strikes in the last two days have “hit over 100 terrorist goals,” including “terrorist cells, military structures and infrastructure.”
IDF said that earlier in the week he was on strike in the area of Khan Einnis, he killed Jahya Fatti Abd al-Kader Abu Shaar, head of the Hamas Weapons Network. It says steps have been taken to mitigate the risk of harm to civilians.
Israel put a gas under a full blockade on March 1st and resumed the war on March 18S Since then, Israeli attacks have killed 1691 people, says Hamas Health Ministry. About half a million Palestinians have been displaced by the updated Israeli evacuation orders and Israel has included 30% of gas in Security Zones.
On Thursday, the leaders of 12 major assistance organizations said the Gaza Humanitarian Aid System was “faced with a full collapse”.
“This is one of the oldest humanitarian failures of our generation,” the leader of 12 NGOs, including Oxfam and Save the Children, wrote in a statement.
Israel says it aims to put pressure on Hamas to release hostages and swore to maintain the blockade. He claims that he has no shortage of help, because during the cessation of fire.
The war began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas made a cross -border attack on Israeli communities, killing about 1,200 people and seized 251 hostages according to Israeli Tals.
Israel's military campaign against Hamas died at least 51,065 people, according to the health ministry in Hamas.