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Family, including two daughters, killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza

From Al Jazeera · () English

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  • Israeli airstrikes hit a residential building in Gaza City early Saturday, killing at least five people, including a father and his two daughters.
  • The mother of the deceased children was wounded and died later on Saturday, with several others injured in the attack.
  • Health authorities report that since the October ceasefire, 1,007 people have been killed and 3,165 wounded in Gaza, with over 73,000 killed since the war began.

Overnight Israeli airstrikes on a residential building in Gaza City killed at least five people, including a father and his two daughters, according to medical sources. The mother of the children also died from her wounds on Saturday, and several others were injured.

Al Jazeera correspondent Tareq Abuo Azzum reported that the targeted area had received no prior warning. "This is a grim reality that’s growing day in, day out," he said.

Earlier on Friday evening, five people were injured when Israeli airstrikes hit a tent sheltering displaced families in Khan Younis. Israeli naval vessels also reportedly fired heavily off the coast of southern Gaza on Saturday.

Since a U.S.-brokered ceasefire in October, health authorities state that at least 1,007 people have been killed and 3,165 wounded in Gaza. The total death toll since the start of the war in October 2023 has reached over 73,018.

The area had not received any prior warning before the strikes. This is a grim reality that’s growing day in, day out.

— Al Jazeera correspondent Tareq Abuo AzzumReporting from Gaza on the immediate aftermath of the Israeli strikes.
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