DUBAI, November 21. /TASS/. At least three people were killed by Israeli troops in a refugee camp in the central part of the Gaza Strip, the Qatari television channel Al Jazeera reported.

According to the TV channel, during the Israeli army strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp, located in the central part of the Palestinian enclave, three women were killed and another was seriously wounded.

The channel also reported seven deaths in the Israeli bombing of the Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone, located in the south of the Palestinian enclave. There are reports of injuries as a result of this strike, but no exact information on the number of victims is provided.

The situation in the Middle East escalated dramatically when on October 7, 2023 armed Hamas supporters from the Gaza Strip penetrated Israeli territory, killing residents of border settlements and seizing more than 240 hostages. In retaliation, Israel launched a military operation in the enclave in order to destroy the military and political structures of Hamas and liberate all those hostages. The hostilities in the Gaza Strip continue to this day.