GAZA: Gaza's civil defence agency said on Saturday more than 400 Palestinians were killed in the north of the territory over the past two weeks during an ongoing Israeli assault. 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 said. "There are dozens of bodies scattered in the streets of Jabalia due to continuous shelling." "In addition to that, we had 33 martyrs from a massacre in Jabalia. So, the total is now more than 400 martyrs in northern Gaza," he said, referring to an Israeli air strike on Jabalia refugee camp overnight Friday to Saturday. Bassal said the dead included women, children and the elderly. Witnesses said that air strikes continued to pound Jabalia and other areas in the north on Saturday. — AFP
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