JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli strike on an area in the Gaza Strip home to Palestinians displaced by the Israel-Hamas war has killed at least 40 people and wounded 60 others. The Palestinian news agency WAFA reported the toll for the strike, citing medical officials. Details about the strike in the Mawasi coastal community just west of Khan Younis that the Israeli military has designated as a humanitarian zone remained unclear. The Israeli military described the strike as hitting “significant Hamas terrorists” without immediately providing additional evidence. Hamas in a reported statement denied that, though Israel long has accused Hamas and other militants of hiding in civilian populations.
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