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Israel has issued a rare apology, announcing it regrets a Christmas Eve bombing of a Gaza refugee camp that left over 100 dead.

The Israeli military said in a statement: “The IDF regrets the harm caused to uninvolved civilians and is acting to draw conclusions and learn lessons from this event.”

“A preliminary investigation revealed that additional buildings located near the targets were also hit during the strikes, which likely caused unintended harm to additional uninvolved civilians,” the military added.

Last week, The New York Times published an investigation revealing that Israel dropped 2,000-pound bombs in areas designated as civilian safe zones, despite promising not to attack those areas.

More than 20,000 Gazans have been killed since Israel began its retaliatory actions against Hamas. Hamas media claims 8,000 Palestinian children have been murdered.