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Israel says improper munitions cause of high death toll in Maghazi attack

Palestinians mourning their relatives, killed in an overnight Israeli attack on the Maghazi refugee camp, during a mass funeral at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 25 [Mahmud Hams/AFP]

An Israeli military official has said that the high death toll from an attack on Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza was the result of the use of improper munitions, showing a spotlight on Israel’s military tactics that have created high numbers of civilian casualties.

Speaking to the Israeli public broadcaster Kan, a military official on Thursday said that the raid on Maghazi, which killed at least 70 people, used munitions that were not appropriate for a packed refugee camp.

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