Two children killed by Israeli strike on Gaza’s Al-Shati camp

Two children killed by Israeli strike on Gaza’s Al-Shati camp
Israeli military claimed it struck Hamas target. (AFP/File)
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Updated 24 October 2023
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Two children killed by Israeli strike on Gaza’s Al-Shati camp

Two children killed by Israeli strike on Gaza’s Al-Shati camp
  • Palestinian rescue teams recovered bodies of two young girls from under rubble after attack on Al-Shati camp

GAZA: The Israeli military struck Gaza’s crowded Al-Shati camp on Monday, flattening homes and killing at least 40 people, according to a report that reached Arab News from the targeted site.

Footage acquired by Arab News shows Palestinian rescue teams retrieving the pajama-clad bodies of two young girls, identified as Yomna and Aya, from the rubble of their family home in the aftermath of the attack.

The footage also shows bedding and a school backpack belonging to one of the victims.

Onlookers said the house belonged to Mostafa Al-Bahloul, whose daughter recently moved to Gaza from Ukraine.

Mahmoud Awad Abu Abdallah, a relative, said that one of the victims, Aya, had Ukrainian citizenship.

The Israeli military claimed it targeted a Hamas hideout in the refugee camp in northern Gaza, Reuters reported.

But a spokesperson for Gaza’s health ministry, Ashraf Al-Qudra, said in a statement on Facebook that the Israeli attack killed and injured children and women.

More videos that reached Arab News from a reporter in Gaza show another airstrike targeting the entrance to Al-Wafa Hospital.

The Israeli military campaign against the Gaza Strip has killed more than 5,000 people in the past two weeks, according to the Palestinian health ministry.