The Israeli military stated on Tuesday that strikes were carried out by the Israeli Air Force in a humanitarian zone in the southern Gaza Strip with the aim of hitting a militant command center.

A Civil Defense official in Gaza reported that the attacks had resulted in the deaths of a minimum of 40 individuals and left many others wounded.

The Israeli military stated that its air force targeted militants who had moved forward and conducted terror attacks utilizing a command center in the Khan Younis humanitarian area.

Israel stated that it attempted to lessen the danger to civilians. The number of deaths can vary shortly after an assault.

According to Civil Defense official Muhammad Al Mughaier 40 bodies were found and 60 individuals were brought to a Red Crescent field hospital for treatment.

He stated that search teams were attempting to find 15 individuals who could not be found. A representative from the Civil Defense in Gaza indicated on social platforms that complete families had vanished in the assault along with roughly 20 shelters and that the strike had caused three significant craters indicating that multiple missiles had struck the location Al Mawasi.

They claimed there was no advance notice and a serious lack of necessary search and rescue equipment.

Al Mughaier mentioned that the craters had increased the challenge of searching. Al Mawasi previously not densely populated has become crowded with tens of thousands of Palestinians due to the past Israeli military classification of the region as secure for civilians.

Israeli air attacks targeted the region in July as part of military missions against Hamas leaders as stated by the military.

When it happened Gaza health authorities reported that the attack resulted in the deaths of many individuals.

Footage and photographs from the location on Tuesday displayed individuals searching.