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Women and children killed in Israeli attack on Deir al-Balah home
17 March 2024 09:51 GMT
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At least 12 Palestinian civilians, mostly women and children, were killed overnight in an Israeli attack on a residential home in central Gaza's Deir al-Balah, according to Wafa news agency.
Israeli jets targeted a home belonging to the Thabet family in the the Beshara neighbourhood, Wafa reported.
Elsewhere in the enclave, Israeli bombs struck Khan Younis and Rafah in southern Gaza on Sunday morning, as well as a house on Mansoura Street in the Shujaiya neighbourhood of Gaza City.
At least 92 Palestinians were killed over the past 24 hours.