17 Killed, Including 10 Children, in Israeli Strike While Queuing for Food in Central Gaza
Gaza (Quds News Network)- At least 17 people, including 10 children, were killed in an Israeli strike while they were queuing for food supplements in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, on Thursday morning.
Local and medical sources confirmed that mothers and their children were queuing for nutrient supplements at a medical point when an Israeli strike hit, killing 17 people, including 10 children. Dozens of injured people also included women and children.
Gaza Health Ministry Director, Dr. Munir al-Bursh, said the Israeli occupation is “systematically targeting children,” adding half of those killed in the attack on the medical point were children and women.
These children were waiting for food supplements before they were killed in cold blood by an Israeli missile at a medical point on Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
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