An airstrike on a convoy fleeing northern Gaza reportedly killed at least 70 people, including children as young as two years old.
Another 200 people were injured in the incident, which occurred on a safe route along the Salah al-Din highway in Gaza City on Friday afternoon.
The road was packed with vehicles as Palestinians tried to flee the enclave before the Israeli deadline to leave Gaza expired, according to a report.
The Israel Defense Forces denied responsibility for the deadly explosion and said there was no indication they were behind it.
The IDF had given more than a million civilians 24 hours to flee to southern Gaza via two main roads between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday local time.
Palestinians flee southern Gaza ahead of Israeli-imposed deadline to expel more than 1.1 million civilians before airstrikes continue on Hamas-controlled enclave.REUTERS Palestinians flee Gaza ahead of deadline Israeli limit to evacuate the Hamas-controlled enclave. REUTERS
BBC Verify confirmed that the victims included women and children.
A video released by the Palestinian Ministry of Health shows ambulance crews arriving at the site of the airstrike.
An ambulance crew was attacked while treating a girl and a woman inside the ambulance.
The worst attack on Israel in 50 years: how we got here
2005: Israel unilaterally withdraws from the Gaza Strip more than three decades after seizing the territory from Egypt in the Six-Day War.
2006: The terrorist group Hamas wins the Palestinian legislative elections.
2007: Hamas takes control of Gaza in a civil war.
2008: Israel launches a military offensive against Gaza after Palestinian terrorists fire rockets at the city of Sderot.
2023: Hamas launches largest attack on Israel in 50 years.
More than 1,300 Israelis have been killed, more than 3,000 wounded and at least 100 taken hostage, with the death toll expected to rise after Hamas terrorists fired thousands of rockets and sent dozens of militants into Israeli cities. .
Hamas terrorists were seen taking women hostage and parading them down the street in gruesome videos.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced “We are at war” and promised that Hamas would pay “a price it has never known.”
Gaza health officials report that at least 1,400 Palestinians have been killed and more than 6,000 injured.
More than 1,300 Israelis were killed when Hamas terrorists launched a surprise attack on October 7, massacring families, shooting 260 attendees at a music festival and murdering 40 babies and children.
So far, more than 2,200 Palestinians have been killed, including 724 children.
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