The death toll of the horrific Israeli massacre in the Al-Mawasi region south of the Gaza Strip has risen sharply, with more than 71 people confirmed dead and over 289 injured, including many in critical condition, according to local medical sources.
Rescue teams continue to retrieve dozens of casualties from the sites of the bombings.
Local health authorities warned that the region's hospitals are incapable of accommodating the large number of casualties, exacerbated by the destruction of Gaza's healthcare infrastructure by the Israeli occupation forces.
Al-Mawasi has been designated as a safe humanitarian zone by the Israeli army, which has been demanding Palestinians from all over the Gaza Strip to move to the area falsely claiming the area was a safe have since the outbreak of the war in early October 2023.
The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October last year has so far resulted in 38,345 documented Palestinian fatalities, with an additional 88,295 others injured.
Thousands more are feared trapped under the rubble and in streets, inaccessible to rescue and ambulance crews.
