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Gaza Struck: At Least Six Dead in Israeli Strikes
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In Short: At least six people, including two children, were killed in Gaza from Israeli strikes on a residential area and other locations, according to Al Jazeera.
The overnight strike at around 2:00 am on Saturday hit a building on al-Thalatini Street in Gaza City, killing several individuals.
Elsewhere, an Israeli attack in central Gaza’s Bureij camp killed two people, including a Palestinian cameraman.
Earlier in the day, a Palestinian woman was killed by Israeli gunfire in the northern Beit Lahia area, and a Palestinian man was killed and a woman injured by a drone strike near al-Saftawi roundabout in northern Gaza City.
An elderly Palestinian was killed by Israeli naval fire targeting tents for displaced people, while another person was killed and seven others injured by a drone strike near Khan Younis.
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- An overnight Israeli strike at around 2:00 am on Saturday (23:00 GMT Friday) hit a building on al-Thalatini Street, a residential area in Gaza City, medical sources told the Wafa news agency.
- “The area had not received any prior warning before the strikes,” said Al Jazeera correspondent Tareq Abuo Azzum, reporting from Gaza.
- Elsewhere, in central Gaza’s Bureij camp, an Israeli attack killed two people, including Al Jazeera Mubasher cameraman Ahmed Wishah, according to Al Jazeera correspondents on the ground.
- Earlier in the day, a Palestinian woman was killed by Israeli gunfire in the northern Beit Lahia area, a medical source told the Anadolu agency.
- In another incident, a Palestinian man was killed and a woman was moderately injured after an Israeli drone strike targeted pedestrians near al-Saftawi roundabout in northern Gaza City, witnesses said.
- An elderly Palestinian was also killed by Israeli naval fire that targeted tents sheltering displaced people to the west of Gaza City, while another person was killed and seven others injured by a drone strike to the…
- Since a ceasefire brokered by the United States in October, at least 1,007 people in Gaza have been killed while 3,165 others have been wounded, according to health authorities.
Sources
- Al Jazeeralink