GAZA, Oct 19 (BBC): Israeli strikes have killed at least 33 people including 21 women at a refugee camp in northern Gaza, the strip's Hamas-run authorities say. More than 85 people were said to be injured, some seriously, as homes belonging to three families in the camp were hit.
A video circulating on social media - which the BBC has not verified - appears to show bodies wrapped in white shrouds laid out in the courtyard of al-Awda Hospital. Israeli forces have besieged the densely-populated Jabalia refugee camp for weeks.
The director of al-Awda hospital said it had experienced an overwhelming influx of casualties, leaving hospital wards "completely full" with many of the injured "receiving treatment on the floor."
Nearby in Beit Lahia, the Indonesian Hospital came under "heavy gunfire" from Israeli forces on Saturday, the Hamas-run health ministry said.
The ministry said more than 40 patients, as well as medical staff, were inside the hospital, and later said two people had died due to an "outage of electricity" and lack of "medical supplies".
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its troops were operating near the hospital and there "was no intentional fire directed at it". Local sources indicate that northern Gaza is effectively isolated, with telecommunications and internet services severed in the region.
About 400,000 people have been trapped inside Jabalia camp with little food or water for more than two weeks. The head of the UN's Office for Humanitarian Assistance, Georgios Petropoulos, told the BBC's Newshour programme that families in Jabalia were enduring "atrocious conditions".
"We can't hit the alarm bell hard enough about how dire and dangerous the situation for civilians there is," he said, speaking from Rafah in southern Gaza.
Israel said it had sent about 30 lorries of supplies into northern Gaza on Friday including food, water, medical supplies and shelter equipment but local health officials told Reuters aid had not been reaching the worst-affected areas such as Jabalia.
Drone 'launched towards'
Netanyahu's home
A drone has been "launched towards" the private residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the coastal town of Caesarea, his office has said.
"The prime minister and his wife were not at the location, and there were no injuries in the incident," a statement said. It comes after the Israeli military said three drones were launched from Lebanon into Israel early on Saturday morning, with one hitting a building in Caesarea.
The Israeli government has not said whether the building was part of the Prime Minister's residence nor the extent of any damage. At 08:19 local time (06:19 BST), the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said: "In the last hour, three unmanned aerial vehicles crossed into the country from Lebanon.
