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Palestinians survey the aftermath of an Israeli army airstrike on Wednesday at the Muwassi camp for displaced people near Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, December 5, 2024
Meanwhile, Nato foreign ministers debate increased weapons spending as police investigate the bloc’s purchases of military equipment
ISRAELI forces targeted a tent camp housing displaced people in southern Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people and wounding another 28.
The attack took place in the Muwasi area, a sprawling coastal camp housing hundreds of thousands of displaced people.
The director of the Nasser Hospital, Atif al-Hout, in the nearby city of Khan Younis reported at least 15 bodies arrived at the hospital but said that establishing a precise number of dead was difficult because many were dismembered, some without heads or badly burned.
ROGER McKENZIE explains how Ibrahim Traore has sparked the flames of hope across Africa, while the Western powers seek to extinguish all attempts to build true sovereignty in the long-exploited continent
