December 25, 2023
Israeli airstrikes kill 100 in deadliest night of war
CAIRO/JERUSALEM/GAZA: At a funeral in Gaza on Monday, a line of Palestinians touched white shrouds containing the bodies of at least 70 people who Palestinian health officials said were killed by an Israeli airstrike targeting Maghazi in the center of the besieged strip. It followed one of the enclave’s deadliest nights in the 11-week battle between Israel and Hamas. A man hugged a dead child and others were hysterical. “The walls and curtains fell on us,” said one man. “I reached down to my four-year-old, but all I found were rocks.” The strikes that started hours before midnight continued on


