Report: At least 120 dead in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City [View All]

Israeli missiles target Gaza

Gaza – Ma'an – At least 120 Palestinians were killed when Israel’s air force fired missiles at more than 30 Gaza City targets at noon on Saturday.

Live video broadcasts showed dozens of injured and dead Palestinians in Gaza City, many of them screaming, while Palestinian ambulances raced to the scene.

Black smoke billowed over Gaza City into the afternoon as medics evacuated the wounded from targeted de facto government buildings, believed to be the main target in the air raids.

Men, women and children were killed in the airstrikes.
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Israel has launched air strikes on Hamas installations in Gaza City, killing at least 120 people and causing heavy damage, according to officials and witnesses.

At least 30 missiles were fired at targets on Saturday, with the head of emergency services in Gaza saying that at least 200 people were also wounded.

Hamas were said to have requested al-Quassam Brigades, its military wing, to respond with all possible means.

Tawfiq Jabber, the Gaza police chief, was reportedly killed in one attack.

Islam Shahwan, Hamas police spokesman, said that the attacks destroyed most of the police headquarters in the Gaza Strip and that a police graduation ceremony was hit as it was being held in Gaza City.

The unprecedented number of simultaneous strikes were described as "massive" by the AFP news agency.

Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president and leader of Fatah, condemned the "aggression" in Gaza.

The Israel army released a statement saying "terrorist installations" were hit and that all Israeli pilots returned unharmed.

It added that if necessary the operation would continue.

The air raids follow the decision by the Israeli security cabinet to increase reprisals for cross-border rocket attacks against Israel, and the breakdown of a six-month-old Israel-Hamas truce earlier this month.