Nine killed in Israeli attack in northern Gaza, officials say, in deadliest strike since ceasefire began

At least nine charity workers have been killed and several others injured in an Israeli strike in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, the enclave’s Government Media Office said Saturday, making it the deadliest incident since the ceasefire went into effect in January.

At least nine charity workers have been killed and several others injured in an Israeli strike in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, the enclave’s Government Media Office said Saturday, making it the deadliest incident since the ceasefire went into effect in January. The Israeli military said it had targeted “terrorists” who were operating and then attempted to retrieve a drone. Gaza’s health ministry confirmed that nine people had been killed. Multiple people, some with critical injuries, were transported to Gaza’s Indonesian Hospital, the ministry said. Of those killed, three were part of a media team documenting humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza, according to the Palestinian Journalists’ Protection Center. Hamas accused the Israeli military in a statement of committing “a horrific massacre in Beit Lahia, claiming the lives of nine martyrs working for a charity engaged in humanitarian efforts at shelters and displacement centers.” “The targeting of unarmed civilians, especially those providing humanitarian aid to displaced and homeless individuals, constitutes a blatant violation of international and humanitarian law,” Ismail Thawabta, Director General of Hamas’ Government Media Office, added.