Israeli warplanes bombed the densely-populated Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday killing 100 civilians and wounding 400 in a preliminary estimate.
Dozens remain under the rubble of the destroyed buildings medical sources said.
The health ministry spokesman said that the casualties in the Jabalia massacre might exceed those murdered in the shelling of the Ma’madani Hospital.
Local sources said that the warplanes fired 20 missiles and huge American-made bombs on a residential block that contains 20 houses destroying them completely over the heads of their occupants.
Iyad al-Buzom the interior ministry spokesman said that the Israeli warplanes dropped at least six bombs on the camp each one weighing more than 1000 kilograms. He added that the majority of those killed were women and children.
More than 120000 citizens inhabit the Jabalia refugee camp whose total area is 1.4 square kilometer.
