Israeli Airstrike Injures Palestinians in Al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Gaza, Sending Victims to Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital
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Israeli Airstrike Injures Palestinians in Al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Gaza, Sending Victims to Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital

20 May, 2026.Gaza Genocide.14 sources

Key Takeaways

  • Israeli airstrike hits a house in Maghazi refugee camp, injuring Palestinians.
  • Several Palestinians injured, with some described as seriously injured.
  • WAFA and Al-Araby confirm civilian injuries from the Maghazi strike.

Al-Maghazi strikes raise toll

Israeli occupation aircraft carried out an airstrike on a house in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza on Wednesday, injuring Palestinians including one critically injured person.

WAFA said the injured were transported to Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah for treatment after the direct strike on the house.

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تهامة 24 reported that hospitals in the Gaza Strip treated one death and 16 injuries in the past 24 hours, as a result of ongoing Israeli attacks on the enclave.

The same report said the total number of fatalities since the start of the aggression on October 7, 2023 rose to 72,773, while the number of wounded reached 172,723.

It also stated that the death toll since the latest ceasefire went into effect stood at 881 dead and 2,621 injured, in addition to the retrieval of 776 bodies from various areas across the Gaza Strip.

Evacuation warnings and panic

Al-Araby Al-Jadeed said Israeli warplanes bombed a house belonging to the Ismail family east of the al-Maghazi camp after the occupation warned residents to evacuate.

The outlet reported that injuries ranged from serious to moderate to minor, including children and women, due to the force of the blast and flying shrapnel over wide distances.

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It added that the shelling caused a state of panic among residents, especially as the explosion was heard in different areas of the camp, while ambulances and civil defense crews rushed to the scene.

Al-Araby Al-Jadeed also cited data from the Gaza Center for Human Rights, saying the daily death toll documented stood at 3.5 and that 15 violations were documented daily.

The outlet further stated that the tally of martyrs and the injured since the start of the aggression rose to 72,773 martyrs and 172,723 injured.

Spain condemns Ben-Gvir

Spain described Israeli Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s treatment of Gaza flotilla members as unacceptable, after Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said images showing Ben-Gvir mocking members of the aid flotilla headed to Gaza were unacceptable.

An Israeli airstrike on the family home kills 10 members of the family, including the sister of the Hamas leader

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Sánchez added in a statement on X that Spain will not tolerate any mistreatment of our citizens, and said his government will strive to broaden the ban on Ben-Gvir from entering Spain to cover all European Union member states as a matter of urgency.

The Najah Radio and Al-Najah News item framed the incident as part of a wider escalation, listing that Palestinians and European states condemned Israel’s assault on Stay Strong flotilla activists and described it as shocking.

It also listed that Rome and Paris summoned Israeli ambassadors over the Stay Strong flotilla incident.

The same item said the occupation seizes 40 boats in the Stay Strong flotilla and arrests 300 activists.

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