Bodies are being pulled from the rubble after Israel struck al-Mawasi humanitarian encampment. Also in the programme, the Indian supreme court has ordered back to work junior doctors striking after the murder of a colleague; and, the actor who played C-3PO in Star Wars remembers James Earl Jones who has died. (Photo: Palestinians search for missing people following Israeli airstrikes on Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone, Gaza - 10 Sep 2024. HAITHAM IMAD/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (14709197h))
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Live from the BBC World Service in London, I'm Rebecca Kezb.
The sandy coastal area of al Mawasi in southern Gaza has been designated as a humanitarian zone for displaced Palestinians since shortly after the conflict began last year.
Last night, the israeli military targeted what they said was a Hamas command center in the area with an airstrike.
Eyewitnesses report seeing massive explosions, and now they there's a huge crater about the size of a small football pitch and several meters deep.
The Hamas run health Authority says at least 40 people have been killed and another 60 or so injured.
The israeli authorities dispute those numbers.
But throughout today, local rescue teams have been digging in the sand trying to find people they say are still buried who disappeared with the explosions.
This man works for civil defense and was in al Muwasi at the time of the strikes.
About an hour ago, we heard the sounds of very violent bombing without prior warning due to the intensity of the airstrikes, we ran away in search of safe places to take shelter in.
The bombing was so violent that the missile made a hole 15 meters deep in the ground.
The bodies of the martyrs are scattered everywhere, and we're having to pull people out with our bare hands.
Well, earlier I got through to Suhas Shahat, who's a pharmacist at the nearby NASA hospital where many of the wounded were taken.
It is a rather chaotic scene, so the sound quality isn't great.
But she told me she saw the explosion overnight.
As I was close to the place, I see the pump, more than five pumps.
It traveled over me to the target place.
The sound is very loud.
All the area become lighted because of the pumping fire.
I was asleep.