At least 274 Palestinians were killed and 698 wounded in Israeli strikes on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, Gaza’s health ministry said on Sunday. The Israeli military said its forces came under heavy fire during the daytime operation.
The EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, called it a “massacre”, while the UN’s aid chief described in graphic detail scenes of “shredded bodies on the ground”.
“Nuseirat refugee camp is the epicentre of the seismic trauma that civilians in Gaza continue to suffer,” Martin Griffiths said in a post on X, calling for a ceasefire and the release of all hostages.
Hard to confirm anything, but the US intelligence sticks to 100-300 deaths + an unnamed number of wounded. 500 casualties is likely a high estimate, but it’s not so outrageously high that it’s unbelievable. There were a lot of people there at the time, and if it was indeed a gas explosion from the parked cars, then a lot of casualties are expected.
The same intelligence that said it was not an Israeli bomb. Which is probably true. But it’s difficult to imagine how that many people could be at the site (basically a small parking place), seeing its photos.