Israeli Strike On Flats In Northern Gaza Kills At Least 93

Scores of Palestinians, including many women and children, have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a crowded block of flats in the town of Beit Lahiya as Israel pressed on with its assault on northern Gaza.

- Peter Beaumont , Malak A Tantesh

Gaza's civil defence agency said 93 people had been killed and 40 were still missing, with many of the victims members of the extended Abu Nasr family, as well as Palestinians displaced from elsewhere. The US state department spokesperson, Matthew Miller, called the strike "a horrifying incident with a horrifying result".

Mohamed El-Azamy, 34, who has been displaced more than 15 times in the past year, was in a building close by.

"Last night was one of the worst nights I've been through during this war," he said. "There was bombing from all directions. We were awake and waiting for that shell or missile that would crush our lives until half past four in the morning, when our neighbours' building was bombed.

"The scene was horrific. Most of the [victims I saw] were children. The corpses were mutilated. What hurt my heart the most was the sight of the children's bodies that were collected and placed on the side of the road, their clothes were torn and grey because of the rubble."