- Title: Bodies pile up at Gaza hospital following Israeli strikes
- Date: 20th March 2025
- Summary: BEIT LAHIYA, GAZA (MARCH 20, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS GATHERING AT THE INDONESIAN HOSPITAL AROUND SHROUDED BODIES OF PEOPLE KILLED IN ISRAELI STRIKES ON NORTHERN GAZA PEOPLE COMFORTING WOMAN KNEELING AND CRYING NEXT TO BODY OF LOVED ONE PEOPLE MOVING CRYING WOMAN AWAY (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN WOMAN WHO LOST RELATIVES IN AN ISRAELI STRIKE, NO NAME GIV
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- Keywords: Beit Lahiya Ceasefire Deal Gaza Hamas Israel Palestinians Strikes War
- Location: BEIT LAHIYA, GAZA
- City: BEIT LAHIYA, GAZA
- Country: Palestinian Occupied Territory
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001026220032025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
Women weeping over shrouded bodies of their loved ones filled the corridors of Beit Lahiya’s Indonesian Hospital in Gaza on Thursday (March 20) after Israeli strikes hit north of the strip.
At least 70 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza on Thursday, after Israel resumed its bombing campaign on the enclave, a Gaza health official said.
Medics said Israeli strikes targeted several houses in northern and southern areas of the Gaza Strip. There was no immediate comment from Israel.
On Wednesday (March 19), the Israeli military said its forces had resumed ground operations in central and southern Gaza, after a ceasefire that had broadly held since January collapsed.
The renewed ground operations came 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.
Since Tuesday (March 18), airstrikes have killed 510 Palestinians, with more than half of them women and children, the health official told Reuters.
The war started after Hamas militants attacked Israeli communities on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 and taking more than 250 hostages, by Israeli tallies.
More than 49,000 Palestinians have been killed in the ensuing conflict, according to Gaza's health authorities, with the enclave reduced to rubble.
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