Devastation in Gaza as Israel wages war against Hamas


Palestinians search through the rubble of a family home following the Israeli bombardment west of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on Saturday. AFP/Getty Images

Gaza's Health Ministry said 37 people, including children and pregnant women, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residential block in central Gaza on Friday night.

CNN cannot verify the death toll from the incident west of the Nuseirat camp, but video from the scene showed ambulance crews carrying bodies wrapped in blankets, as well as extensive destruction.

CNN also obtained video of the transfer of the dead and injured to Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, including the bodies of several children.

According to medical personnel, 35 of the 37 victims were members of the same family.

Nuseirat has witnessed multiple strikes in recent days.

CNN obtained video of another attack in Nuseirat overnight Friday in which seven people were killed.

The Israel Defense Forces on Saturday released video of a Friday attack and said “several Hamas terrorists” lived in the area.

Witnesses said there was also an overnight attack in the Deir al Balah area of ​​northern Gaza.

Two people said residents had received telephone warnings from the Israel Defense Forces to evacuate within 15 minutes.

One young man, Abdallah Maghbara, told CNN that people had fled with nothing after being warned to “clean the entire block in 15 minutes” and “clean the 10 houses around Nani Abu Baraka's house.”

He said that after 15 minutes, the Israelis told them “they didn't want to see anyone on the street,” adding: “Suddenly, two missiles fell on the entire block and completely destroyed seven buildings, nothing was saved.”

Subhi Baraka told CNN: “We evacuated the area and came back… and as you can see it's like a whole block earthquake.”

CNN has contacted the IDF for comment on the attacks.

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