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A squad of foundation workers has been killed successful Israeli strikes successful bluish Gaza, the UK-registered Al Khair Foundation has told the BBC.
The foundation said 8 workers - including volunteers and journalists documenting their activities - were killed erstwhile their vehicles were targeted connected Saturday successful what Hamas described arsenic a "blatant violation" of the ceasefire statement with Israel.
The Israeli subject has said it had struck "two terrorists who were identified operating a drone that posed a menace to Israeli troops", adding that it past targeted "additional terrorists" who arrived astatine the scene.
The foundation rejects the allegation that members of its squad were terrorists.
Qasim Rashid Ahmad, laminitis and president of the charity, told the BBC the squad was successful the country to acceptable up tents and papers it for the charity's ain promotion efforts.
He said that its 2 cameramen came backmost to the car and were hit, portion different squad members who rushed to the country were past struck by an Israeli drone which had followed them erstwhile they went to the charity's 2nd car.
Several others were injured and rushed to the Indonesian Hospital successful the bluish Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run wellness ministry said.
A spokesperson for the group, Hazem Qassem, said Israel had "committed a horrific massacre successful the bluish Gaza Strip by targeting a radical of journalists and humanitarian workers".
A ceasefire betwixt Israel and Hamas has been successful spot since January, but its aboriginal is uncertain arsenic the process has reached an impasse raising fears of a instrumentality to fighting.
The warfare began aft Hamas attacked Israel connected 7 October 2023, sidesplitting astir 1,200 radical and taking 251 backmost to Gaza arsenic hostages.
Israel responded with a monolithic subject offensive, which has killed much than 48,300 Palestinians, Gaza's Hamas-run wellness ministry says.
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