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Hamas-run health ministry says 71 killed in Israeli strike in Gaza

The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says at least 71 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a designated humanitarian area, in an attack which Israel says targeted senior Hamas leaders, BBC reports.

More than 289 people were injured, according to the health ministry's statement.

Hamas says the strike hit the al-Mawasi area near Khan Younis, which the Israeli military has designated as a humanitarian zone, urging Palestinians to seek shelter there.

An Israeli official said the strike targeted the head of Hamas's military wing, Mohammed Deif, in an "open area" where there were "only Hamas terrorists and no civilians".

Rafa Salama, the Hamas commander for Khan Younis, was also targeted in the strike, the official said, calling the intelligence that led to the incident "accurate". But Hamas said the claim that their leaders were targets is "false".

"It is not the first time Israel claims to target Palestinian leaders, only to be proven false later," the group said in a statement.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold security talks through the day, his office said according to Reuters.

A Hamas official, cited by Reuters, called the attack a “grave escalation” that showed Israel was not interested in reaching a ceasefire agreement.

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