Israeli strike kills one, injures ten children in Gaza tent camp
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- An Israeli airstrike on a tent camp for displaced people in southern Gaza killed one Palestinian and injured ten others, mostly children, according to medical sources.
- The attack occurred in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, with the Israeli military also conducting a separate operation in Gaza City that resulted in at least two deaths and three injuries.
- These incidents follow a nine-month ceasefire, during which Israel has continued daily attacks on Gaza, leading to an average of four deaths per day since October.
An Israeli airstrike on a camp for displaced people in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, killed one Palestinian and injured ten others, mostly children, medical sources in the enclave reported Sunday.
The Israeli Army killed one Gazan and injured ten others, most of them children, in an airstrike this Sunday against tents of displaced people in the Mawasi area (Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip).
Medical teams from Al Kuwait field hospital transferred the injured from the attack, which took place at the Al Sinaa intersection in Mawasi. The Palestinian official news agency Wafa stated that some of the ten injured were in serious condition. The Nasser Hospital received the body of Osama Kamal Shahda Abu Taim, who died in the attack by Israeli military aviation.
The consideration of some of the ten injured is serious.
Separately, the Israeli military killed at least two people and injured three others, including a child, during a nighttime operation in Gaza City. Local sources reported hearing helicopters and gunfire in the Zeitoun neighborhood. An Israeli military notification on residents' mobile phones in the area warned of a "limited" military operation and urged them to leave their homes.
The Israeli Army also killed at least two people in a military operation last night in the city of Gaza, northern Gaza Strip, near the so-called 'yellow line', and injured three others, including a child.
The Israeli army has not yet provided information on the nighttime incident. Despite a nine-month ceasefire, Israel continues daily attacks on Gaza, averaging four deaths per day since October. The densely populated Gaza Strip is devastated, with 80% of buildings destroyed or damaged, forcing hundreds of thousands into tents. International bodies have denounced Israel's actions, with a UN committee calling them "genocide."
the Israeli Army notified residents in that area on their mobile phones that it was going to carry out a "limited" military operation and urged them to leave their homes.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.
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