Aid heads into Gaza; Israel steps up airstrikes

Gaza officials say at least 30 killed in bombing of refugee camp

ASHDOD, Israel — Officials in Gaza say at least 30 people, including children, were killed in the bombing of a refugee camp in northern Gaza.

The Palestinian Civil Defense in the Jabalia refugee camp, located north of Gaza City, said they recovered the bodies of at least 30 people from the rubble of bombed buildings in the camp, which is the largest of eight refugee camps in Gaza, according to UNRWA, the United Nations agency supporting Palestinian refugees in the region.

NBC News was not immediately able to independently verify the information.

The Israeli Defense Forces did not provide an immediate response to questions about whether the camp was hit after a spokesperson said the IDF hit over 320 military targets in Gaza within a 24-hour time frame. They did not specify where exactly those targets were based.

The Indonesian Hospital in nearby Beit Lahia said it was aware of at least 13 people killed as a result of bombing at the Jabalia refugee camp, while the Ministry of the Interior in Gaza said people died in strikes on residential areas, including “in the vicinity of the Al-Ternis area and the Al-Albani Mosque in the middle of the Jabalia camp.”