to report «iusnews»; Iran condemned in the strongest terms the barbaric attack on the crowded Jabalya camp in the Gaza Strip, and stressed that this action added another stain to the long list of war crimes committed by the Israeli regime.
On Tuesday, dozens of people were killed and hundreds more injured in an Israeli air strike on the Jabalia refugee camp, according to a medical official and Palestinian authorities in the besieged territory. Jabalia residents describe the bombardment as “an earthquake” that shook the entire refugee camp.
Kana’ani condemned in the strongest terms the Israeli regime's raid against the largest of the Gaza Strip's eight refugee camps.
"This massacre added another black mark on the [already] long list of the Zionist regime's war crimes," he stressed.
The spokesperson asked the international community, especially the United Nations and the world body's Security Council, to "act promptly on their international duty to stop the apartheid Zionist regime's killing machine”.
The densely populated camp in the North of the besieged enclave covers an area of only 1.4 square kilometres. According to the UN, there are some 116,000 registered refugees in the camp. According to the UN, the camp suffers from overcrowding and lack of living space.
The people who live in Jabalia are people who were expelled from their original villages in 1948. Most of the homes – not just in Jabalia but in other camps too – are very simple, with simple roofs.
The latest images and video from Jabalia refugee camp show buildings heavily damaged as rescuers and volunteers use their bare hands to search for survivors in huge amounts of concrete debris.
People in different parts of the devastation can be seen frantically trying to pull people from the rubble – many of the victims are women and children. Others are seen standing and crying, fearing family members and friends may be among the dead.
An aerial shot of the area shows tall buildings completely levelled to the ground.
Before Israel's complete siege on the enclave and relentless bombardment, Jabalia camp was already struggling with electricity cuts and contaminated water supply due to the 17-year blockade on the Gaza Strip.
At least 8,500 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli bombardment since 7 October. The Palestinian death toll includes over 3,500 children and more than 2,200 women, according to the health ministry.
Around 2,000 people are still missing, including 1,100 children. The vast majority of these people are believed to be dead and buried under rubble.
At least 21,500 have suffered injuries of various severity.
