Dozens dead in new strikes

Israeli attacks on what it called Hamas sites in Gaza kill at least 39

- WAFAA SHURAFA AND JACK JEFFERY

People inspect damage next to a building destroyed during Israeli bombardments at al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on Saturday. Israel said it was continuing to operate in central and southern Gaza and has pushed ahead with its invasion of Rafah.

At least 39 people were killed by Israeli strikes across northern Gaza on Saturday, as rescue workers scrambled to find survivors beneath the rubble, according to Palestinian and hospital officials.

Fadel Naem, director of the alAhli Hospital in Gaza City, told The Associated Press that more than three dozen bodies arrived at the hospital.

The Palestinian Civil Defense, an emergency group active in Gaza, said its workers were digging for survivors at the site of a strike in the Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City and that it had pulled several dozen bodies from a building hit by an Israeli strike in an eastern neighbourhood of Gaza City.

Israel said Saturday its fighter jets struck two Hamas military sites in the Gaza City area but did not elaborate further. The deaths come a day after at least 25 people were killed in strikes on tent camps and 50 wounded near the southern city of Rafah.