Israeli strikes on northern Gaza killed at least 65 Palestinians overnight, a hospital director told CNN, adding that the toll is expected to rise.
Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya, director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, said on Thursday morning that casualties were still being brought to the hospital.
About 200 people were believed to have been at the site when the Israeli military struck, the doctor said in an interview with Hamas’ Al-Aqsa TV.
Medical staff were recovering bodies from under the rubble “using their hands,” he added. Rescue teams previously told CNN they could not access parts of northern Gaza besieged by the Israeli military, which launched renewed attacks that it says are targeting Hamas’ renewed presence.
Safiya warned that the hospital “will turn into a mass grave if urgent intervention from international organizations does not occur and medical supplies are not brought in,” adding that “not a single ambulance” was available in northern Gaza.
CNN has reached out to the Israeli military for comment on the airstrike.
