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Israeli attacks on Gaza

22 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza, communications blackout looms

22 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza, communications blackout looms

Gaza, Jan 11 (IANS) Israeli airstrikes claimed the lives of at least 22 Palestinians, including a journalist, as fuel shortages threaten to plunge Gaza into a communications blackout, officials warned. The Civil Defence in Gaza reported eight fatalities and several injuries from an airstrike targeting a group of people and a house in the Shuja'iyya neighbourhood of Gaza City. Later, an airstrike on the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza killed seven people, Xinhua news agency reported. In southern Gaza's Khan Younis, medical officials at Nasser Hospital said that four bodies were recovered after aerial and artillery attacks struck multiple…
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25 killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza City

25 killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza City

Gaza, Feb 26, At least 25 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza City on Sunday, medical sources and eyewitnesses said. Fifteen people, including children, were killed and several others were wounded after warplanes hit a residential building in the Zaytoun neighbourhood of Gaza City, Xinhua news agency reported, citing medical sources. According to local sources and eyewitnesses, the warplanes fired a missile at the three-story house without prior warning. According to Israel's state-owned Kan TV news, the Israeli army has been conducting operations in the neighbourhood since February 20, targeting infrastructures belonging to the Hamas movement. On…
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