Health & Healing
Israeli airstrike kills two Palestinians including 3-year-old in Gaza
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An Israeli airstrike struck near a bakery in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza on Sunday, killing two Palestinians, according to Gaza health officials cited by Al-Monitor. Among the dead was a three-year-old boy. Gaza medics identified one of the adult victims as a man named Hussam, though the full circumstances of the strike and complete details on all those killed were not immediately clear.
The incident occurred amid ongoing Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip. No immediate statement from Israeli forces accompanied reports of the airstrike. Civilian casualties have mounted throughout the conflict in the densely populated territory.
