Gaza City, January 4 (RHC)-- At least 14 members of the same Palestinian family have been killed in an Israeli bombing west of Khan Younis.  According to local residents, the family had fled northern Gaza after being told that it was "safe" in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.  

Meanwhile, Israel has been accused of bombing an area of the Jabaliya refugee where residents gathered to collect water.  Eyewitnesses said the blast destroyed surrounding buildings and injured several people.

One area resident said: “It is a catastrophe.  It is a massacre.  No one can understand what is happening. The place was bombed.  The place is for water collection.  People were getting water.  This is why it happened.  Any area that supports people, the Israelis target it.  All water stations in the strip have been targeted.”

In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces have detained hundreds of Palestinians during a 30-hour military raid on the Nur Shams refugee camp.