Palestinian refugees burned alive as Israel bombs tents at Deir Al-Balah’s hospital

The Israeli regime has bombed a refugee camp in the central part of the Gaza Strip, triggering a huge fire that killed Palestinians, who were seeking refuge there from the ravages of the regime’s ongoing genocidal war.

The attacks targeted the camp that sheltered displaced Palestinians at al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the city of Deir al-Balah in the early hours of Monday, killing ay least three people and injuring around 70 others.

Gaza Health Ministry said the death toll is expected to rise as dozens of displaced Palestinians are feared dead.

Footage circulating across social media platforms showed people trying to extinguish the fire using what comes to hand, including blankets and buckets of water.

Arabic-language news outlets depicted an appalling picture of the aftermath of the attacks that hit the camp, when many of its residents, including children, were asleep.

The Israeli military alleged that it had carried out the attacks as means of targeting a “command center” used by the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas.

The group has unexceptionally refuted such claims, which are routinely used by the regime in an attempt to justify its acts of barbarism against the Palestinian civilians.

The attacks followed the regime’s killing of at least 20 people, including children, at a school inside the Nuseirat refugee camp, which is likewise located in central Gaza.