At least 14 killed in Israeli airstrike where mourning family gathered in Beit Lahiya

Record ID: 1984524

  • Title: At least 14 killed in Israeli airstrike where mourning family gathered in Beit Lahiya
  • Date: 19th March 2025
  • Summary: VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CARRYING BODIES TO AMBULANCE, DEBRIS AND RUBBLE AT SCENE PEOPLE PUTTING BODY IN AMBULANCE, CLOSING DOOR BODIES ON DONKEY CART WRAPPED IN BLANKETS BEING CARRIED BODY WRAPPED IN BLANKET BEING CARRIED PEOPLE TRYING TO COMFORT MOURNERS AND PULLING THEM AWAY FROM WRAPPED BODY ON THE GROUND PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND PERSON CRYING, BEING EMBRACED PEOPLE GATHERED AR
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  • Keywords: Beit Lahia Beit Lahiya Gaza Gaza strip Hamas Indonesian hospital Israel Mourners Strikes airstrikes ceasefire famine free Palestine ground operation humanitarian crisis military
  • Location: BEIT LAHIYA, GAZA
  • City: BEIT LAHIYA, GAZA
  • Country: Palestinian Occupied Territory
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA002019719032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Footage obtained by Reuters on Wednesday (March 19) showed Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya carrying bodies into ambulances after an Israeli airstrike killed at least 14 people.
    The casualties and victims had gathered at the home of a family who were mourning the recent loss of their loved ones when the strike occured. They were then transferred to the Indonesian Hospital, according to the Palestinian News Agency.
    The location was confirmed by the buildings facades, windows and The Indonesian Hospital architectural style which matched file and satellite imagery of the place. The date was confirmed by corroborating reports on an airstrike that killed 24 people at a mourning tent in Beit Lahiya, according to medics.
    The Israeli military said on Wednesday its forces have resumed ground operations in the central and southern Gaza Strip, as a second day of airstrikes killed at least 38 Palestinians, according to local health workers.
    The renewed ground operations come a day after more than 400 Palestinians were killed in airstrikes in one of the deadliest episodes since the beginning of the conflict in October 2023, shattering a ceasefire that has largely held since January.
    The Israeli military said its operations have extended Israel's control over the Netzarim Corridor, which bisects Gaza, and were a "focused" manoeuvre aimed at creating a partial buffer zone between the north and the south of the enclave.
    Palestinian militant group Hamas said the ground operation and the incursion into the Netzarim Corridor were a "new and dangerous violation" of the two-month-old ceasefire agreement. In a statement, the group reaffirmed its commitment to the deal calling on mediators to "assume their responsibilities."
    (Production: Fadi Shana, Zainab Elhaj)
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