At least 15 Palestinians, including six children and a paramedic, were killed Tuesday in an Israeli airstrike on a residential house in the west of Gaza City, said the civil defense authority in Gaza, reported Xinhua.
Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson of the civil defense authority in Gaza, told Xinhua that an Israeli airstrike targeted a house belonging to the Mashtaha family, destroying it and killing all those inside.
He said that the airstrike destroyed several neighboring houses and nearby tents sheltering displaced people.
Basal added that a large fire broke out in the area, and firefighters and ambulances rushed to extinguish the blaze and transport the injured and victims.
According to medical sources at al-Shifa Medical Complex, eight of the victims were from one family.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society announced in a press statement that it had recovered the bodies of three people, including a woman, who were killed after being targeted by the Israeli army while trying to flee Deir al-Balah in central Gaza to a safer area.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli army on these incidents.
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Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
