GAZA (Reuters) - Four members of the same family - four-year-old twin boys and their parents - were killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza on Monday, the Hamas Health Ministry said.
Israel
had no immediate comment on the attack, one of more than 80 bombings
during the day in the Hamas-ruled territory, where Israel launched an
aerial offensive on Wednesday it says is intended to quell rocket fire
at its cities.
Ashraf al-Kidra,
spokesman for the Hamas Health Ministry in Gaza, wrote on his Facebook
page an Israeli air strike in the Gaza town of Beit Lahiya had crushed
the home of Fuad Hejazi, killing him, his wife and two sons.
Neighbors contacted by Reuters said Hejazi did not
belong to any militant group, nor did any organization claim him as one
of their members.
Israeli media
said nine members of another family killed in an attack on Sunday, the
al-Dalu family, who were buried on Monday, may have been bombed
accidentally.
Israel has long targeted sites in the town where Hejazi
lived, a frequent launch site for rocket strikes at Israel in the past
decade.
Israeli military
officials also insist measures are taken to avoid civilian casualties,
including the diversion of missiles fired from drones, or calling off
attacks at the last minute.
According to
Palestinian officials, more than half the 108 Gazans killed since
Wednesday were civilians, among them, 27 children. Three Israelis have
been killed and more than 60 injured in rocket salvoes fired from Gaza
in this period.
(Writing by Allyn Fisher-Ilan; Editing by Alison Williams)
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