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Friday, December 20, 2024
Hamas rescuers claim IDF strike in Jabalia killed 7 children from one family
Relatives mourn over the body of a child killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in the morgue at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Hamas’s civil defense rescue agency claims that an Israeli airstrike killed 10 members of a family on Friday in the northern part of the territory, including seven children.
“There are 10 martyrs … all targeted by an airstrike on their home in Jabalia al-Nazla, southwest of Jabalia. All of the martyrs are from the same family, including seven children, the oldest aged six,” civil defense agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal tells AFP.
Bassal says the strike injured 15 other people.
The Israeli military when contacted by AFP did not offer an immediate response.
The IDF says it doesn’t target civilians and that Hamas hides and fights among them.
Hamas death tolls don’t differentiate between civilians and combatants.
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