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Thursday, October 19, 2023
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Thursday, October 19, 2023
Hamas claims several dead in strike on church in Gaza
This picture taken from Sderot shows smoke billowing over the northern Gaza Strip on October 19, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)
The Hamas-controlled interior ministry says several displaced people who had taken shelter at a church compound in the Gaza Strip have been killed and injured in an Israeli strike.
There was no immediate comment from the IDF, which tells AFP it is looking into the potential strike.
The strike left a “large number of martyrs and injured” at the compound of a Greek Orthodox church, the ministry says.
Witnesses tell AFP the strike appears to have been aimed at a target close to the place of worship where many Gaza residents have taken refuge.
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