Attack helicopters, artillery pound central area of Gaza

Children among the dead as Israeli forces bomb the Magazi and Bureij refugee camps and Apache helicopter gunships attack the az-Zahra area in central Gaza.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant praises the pilots who carried out deadly air strikes on the al-Mawasi displacement camp that killed 90 people, saying Hamas is being eroded every day with no ability to arm itself, organise, or “care for the wounded”.

Officials in Gaza say Israeli missiles killed 22 Palestinians and injured 80 sheltering at a United Nations school for displaced people in Nuseirat refugee camp.Two Palestinians have been injured during Israeli shelling near a power station north of Nuseirat refugee camp, an Al Jazeera correspondent on the ground reports.

Overnight, Israeli warplanes and drones continued to bombard the central Gaza Strip with deadly attacks reported in Nuseirat refugee camp.

On Saturday, at least 90 people were killed 300 wounded in Israeli air strikes, one of the deadliest attacks in the nine-month war on Gaza.

At least 38,584 people have been killed and 88,881 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 is estimated at 1,139, aAt least 17 Palestinians were killed and 50 wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza City in the early hours of Sunday morning, civil emergency and health officials said.

The fatalities resulted from at least four separate Israeli airstrikes on four houses in different areas of the city. Residents and Palestinian health officials said the Israeli military had stepped up aerial and ground shelling.

Meanwhile, Hamas said Gaza ceasefire talks had not paused and the group’s military commander was in good health, a day after the Israeli military targeted Mohammed Deif with a massive airstrike that local health officials said killed at least 90 people, including children.

Israel said the attack targeted Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif but it was uncertain whether he had been killed. However, the Israeli military on Sunday announced that Rafa Salama, a Hamas commander it described as one of Deif's closest associates, was killed in Saturday's strike.

Hamas said that Israeli claims that it had targeted leaders of the group were false and were aimed at justifying the attack. However, Hamas representatives gave no evidence to back up their assertion about Deif’s health.and dozens of people are still held captive in Gaza.

At least 22 people were killed in a strike Saturday that hit a makeshift mosque in a displacement camp in west Gaza City, according to an official at the hospital treating the casualties

The head of the emergency room of Al-Ahli Hospital, Dr. Amjad Elewa, told CNN that 20 men were killed in the strike on the field mosque in Al Shati camp, and two more men died on Sunday in the hospital from their injuries.

The spokesman for Gaza’s Civil Defense Mahmoud Basal told CNN that the bombing happened “in the middle of the noon prayer.” He added that all the injuries are serious cases and required amputation operations.

Video of the scene shows bodies lying on what appear to be mats laid out for prayer. Multiple dead and wounded people can be seen missing limbs.

Palestinian mourners carry the bodies of relatives killed during an Israeli strike which hit a makeshift prayer hall at Al Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City on July 13, 2024.

Palestinian mourners carry the bodies of relatives killed during an Israeli strike which hit a makeshift prayer hall at Al Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City on July 13, 2024. Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images

The UN Human Rights Office also commented on the incident in its daily briefing on Saturday, saying, “Around 1300 hours, the IDF reportedly struck a makeshift mosque inside Ash Al Shati’ Refugee Camp, west Gaza City. Reports indicate that because the IDF struck shortly after the noon prayer, many people were still inside or near the mosque.”

“The IDF has not made any comments on the incident so far. There was no report of a prior warning for either of the attacks,” UN OHCHR said, also referring to an Israeli strike on a displacement camp in southern Gaza, which Israel said targeted Hamas’ military chief who was an alleged mastermind of the October 7 attacks.