Many children died in an Israeli strike in northern Gaza Israel-Palestine Conflicts News

At least 30 Palestinians have been killed, including 13 children, after Israel bombed a building housing the homeless in the Jabalia refugee camp, as the United Nations refugee agency (UNRWA) warned of “famine” in northern Gaza “after the number of refugees exceeded Palestinians.” a month of bombing and military siege.

The bombing of the Alloush family home, which was full of civilians and homeless people, led to the “destruction” of the building, Wafa media reported on Sunday. The injured were transferred to Baptist Hospital, he said.

Eyewitnesses said that a multi-storey building was destroyed in the attack, and many are still trapped under the rubble.

Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, said the attack happened around 6 a.m. local time on Sunday.

“According to eyewitnesses, it was quiet except for the noise of drones and quadcopters and warplanes that were flying in this area. Suddenly, a bomb was detonated in the house without warning,” he said.

Another five people were killed in another Israeli strike on a house in Sabra in Gaza City, according to media reports.

Since October 6, the Israeli army has launched air and ground attacks in northern Gaza, including Jabalia, which it says is targeting Hamas.

Human rights organizations and campaigners say most of the victims are women and children. The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) said on Friday that women and children accounted for nearly 70 percent of the thousands of deaths it was able to confirm.

“Gaza residents are bearing the brunt of these attacks, including the 'total siege' of Gaza by Israeli forces,” the OHCHR said.

“The conduct of the Israeli military has caused unprecedented carnage, death, injury, starvation, disease and disease.”

Philippe Lazzarini, head of UNRWA, accused Israel again on Saturday of arming hunger in its war on the Palestinian stronghold.

“Famine may have happened in northern Gaza,” he said on the X site.