Unverified footage purports to show huge crater in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis after Israeli airstrike

Unverified footage posted to social media purports to show a huge crater in the al-Mawasi area in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis following an Israeli airstrike this morning.

The videos show Palestinians digging through sand and rubble looking for survivors of the strike, which was reported to have targetted Hamas military wing commander Muhammad Deif and the commander of the terror group’s Khan Younis Brigade, Rafa’a Salameh.

The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says in a statement that Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis has received 20 bodies and 90 wounded. The statement doesn’t give a final figure of victims moved to other medical facilities. The tolls cannot be independently verified.

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Reuters contributed to this report.