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Thursday, July 10, 2014
Fourteen Gazans killed overnight
Palestinian officials say 14 people were killed in the overnight Israeli strikes, half of whom were women and children, according to the Palestinian Ma’an news agency.
Gaza health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra says among other sites, Israeli planes hit a coffee shop in Khan Younis, killing six. Another seven people were killed in strikes on two homes in the city.
A strike on the home of Raed Shalat in central Gaza killed him, the agency reports.
The figures put the Palestinian death toll at 69, according to the news agency.