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[global times special correspondent wang yi] according to qatar's al jazeera tv on the 10th, the civil defense department of the gaza strip said on the same day that the israeli army attacked the mawasi area in khan yunis city in southern gaza early that morning, killing at least 40 people in the air strike, injuring 60 people and leaving 15 missing.

al jazeera said that the khan yunis mawasi area was designated by israel as a "humanitarian safety zone". nearly half of gaza's population now lives here, many of whom live in tents. witnesses in the khan yunis area described the tragic scene after the attack. ataf, a displaced person at the scene of the attack, told the associated press on the 10th that the attack occurred shortly after midnight and caused a fire. she said, "people were buried in the sand." al jazeera said that the israeli army's attack has turned the so-called "humanitarian safety zone" into a "deadly place."

regarding the attack, the israeli army argued in a statement on the 10th that a "considerable number" of hamas militants died in the israeli airstrike that day, and a hamas command and control center was "hidden in the khan yunis 'humanitarian safety zone'". however, the israeli army did not specify in the statement whether any hamas officials were killed or injured in the attack.

on the 10th, the palestinian ministry of foreign affairs strongly condemned the international community for failing to enforce international law to stop israel's military operations in the gaza strip. on the same day, the turkish ministry of foreign affairs issued a statement condemning israel's attack, saying that "the genocidal netanyahu government has added new crimes to its war crimes."