77 Palestinians killed by earthquake in Syria and Turkey

Occupied Palestine (QNN)- Seventy-seven Palestinians have been killed by Monday’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake and its aftershocks that struck the southeastern region of Turkey along the border with Syria.
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said last night that 26 Palestinians have been killed in the major earthquake that struck Turkey while 51 in Syria.
Turkish authorities say the death toll from the earthquakes centered in southeastern Turkey rose to 18,342, bringing the total number of killed, including those in northern Syria, to more than 21,500.
The initial magnitude 7.8 tremor early on Monday brought down buildings as people slept and was followed by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake hours later amid several aftershocks.