A Palestinian woman and a young girl were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, officials say
An Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza resulted in the deaths of a Palestinian woman and a young girl. The strike occurred in a tent sheltering a displaced family, with another girl reported wounded. This incident adds to the ongoing casualties in Gaza despite a ceasefire agreement aimed at reducing violence between Israel and Hamas.
- ▪A Palestinian woman and a young girl were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza.
- ▪The airstrike targeted a tent sheltering a displaced family in Muwasi, Khan Younis.
- ▪The Gaza Health Ministry reports over 880 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire began.
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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — A Palestinian woman and a young girl were killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza on Monday, hospital authorities said. The strike hit a tent sheltering a displaced family in the area of Muwasi, on the western side of Khan Younis, according to the Kuwait field hospital, which received the casualties. The hospital said another girl was wounded. The military said it had struck a militant, but gave no further details. The fatalities were the latest among Palestinians in the coastal enclave since an October ceasefire deal attempted to halt a more than two-year war between Israel and the Palestinian militant Hamas group in Gaza. While the heaviest fighting has subsided, the shaky ceasefire has seen almost daily Israeli fire.
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