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AT LEAST 87 people are dead or missing after an Israeli airstrike attack on the north Gazan city of Beit Lahiya, according to the Gaza health ministry.
Many more remain trapped under the rubble and the death toll is expected to rise.
The Israeli military said it struck a “Hamas terror target”. It added that the toll figures given by Gaza authorities “do not align” with the information it possessed.
Beit Lahiya and the other northern cities of Jabalia and Beit Hanoun have been under Israeli siege for the last 16 days. No food, water or medical supplies have entered the area since the siege began.
Internet connectivity went down in northern Gaza yesterday and has not been restored, making it difficult to gather information about the strikes.
Palestinian political party Fatah, the controlling group in the Palestinian Authority, said it holds “the Israeli occupation government fully responsible for the …