Gaza rescuers say over 400 killed in two weeks of Israeli assault on territory’s north [Video]

GAZA’S CIVIL DEFENCE agency said today that more than 400 Palestinians were killed in the north of the territory over the past two weeks during an ongoing military assault Israel says is aimed at preventing Hamas militants from regrouping.

The military launched a sweeping air and ground assault targeting northern Gaza on October 6. Since then, it has tightened its siege, which has displaced tens of thousands.

“We have recovered more than 400 martyrs from the various targeted areas in the northern Gaza Strip, including Jabalia and its camp, Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun, since the start of the military operation by the occupation army” on October 6, Gaza civil defence agency spokesman, Mahmud Bassal, told news agency AFP.

“There are dozens of bodies scattered in the streets of Jabalia due to continuous shelling.”

The Israeli military press department when contacted by AFP said it was “checking” the reports.

Bassal …