Hamas official says 17 Palestinians killed Friday morning

Palestinian officials say 17 Palestinians, including 10 members of one family, were killed in Israeli strikes ahead of a the three-day ceasefire in the Gaza war.

Hamas Health official Ashraf al-Kidra says the family members were killed in an airstrike early Friday on their home in the southern town of Khan Yunis. Gaza police reported heavy Israeli tank shelling in northern and eastern Gaza.

The Associated Press. 

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