Palestinian medics say an airstrike on a house in the central Gaza Strip killed two Palestinian boys aged 11 and 16.
According to emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra, the attack happens close to Deir al-Balah in the center of the Palestinian enclave.
He identified the victims as Mohammed al-Abeet, 16, and his 11-year-old cousin Saher.
The Palestinian sources maintain at least 18 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Hamas launched a barrage of rockets on southern Israel yesterday, breaking the ceasefire, and F16 fighter jets launched retaliatory airstrikes.
According to the Gazan medics, the Palestinian death toll tops 2,030 since July 8. Israel maintains that hundreds of those killed are Hamas fighters.
— AFP, Times of Israel staff
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