The attack early on Tuesday was one of the deadliest strikes yet to hit al-Mawasi, a sprawl of crowded tent camps along the Gaza coast that Israel has designated as a humanitarian zone for hundreds of thousands of civilians to seek shelter.
Rescuers were shown sifting through the sand and rubble with garden tools and bare hands by the light of mobile phones, revealing the devastating impact of the airstrike, including body parts being pulled from the sand.
Israel's war on Gaza has caused vast destruction and displaced about 90 percent of the enclave's population of 2.3 million, often multiple times, leading to dire humanitarian conditions.
The Israeli military claimed it struck Hamas forces operating in a command-and-control centre, following which the Palestinian group released a statement denying its fighters were in the area.
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