GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed 20 people on Thursday including four women and four children, medics said, on the third day of a widening military operation. The deaths bring to 70 the number of Palestinians killed since Israel on Tuesday launched Operation Protective Edge. Israels army said it carried out raids during the night against more than 300 Hamas targets, claiming to have hit the Islamist group a total of 750 times since the operation began. Emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told AFP that an early morning strike hit a coffee shop in the city of Khan Yunis, killing eight people and wounding at least 15. A second attack blasted a home in Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing one person and wounding several others, Qudra said. Further strikes targeted two houses in Khan Yunis, killing four women and four children, he said. After dawn, a car was hit in western Gaza City, killing three people and wounding four others.
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 14:58:28 +0000
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