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At Least 10 Civilians Killed in Israeli Airstrike

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An Israeli missile flattened a two-story house in a residential neighborhood of Gaza City on Sunday, killing at least 11 civilians, medical officials said, as Israel expanded its targets of its offensive to target homes of wanted militants. The attack, the single deadliest incident of the five-day-old Israeli operation, was likely to raise international pressure for a halt to the offensive. The airstrike targeted the home of the Daloo family in Gaza City's Nasser neighborhood, reducing it to rubble. Five women, including one 80-year-old, and four small children were among the dead, said Gaza health official Ashraf al-Kidra. Frantic rescuers pulled the children's bodies from the ruins of the house, including a toddler and a 5-year-old, as survivors and bystanders screamed in grief. Later, the bodies of the children were laid out in the morgue of Gaza City's Shifa Hospital. A member of the Abdel Aal family is rescued...

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Abdel Aal

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City: Gaza City

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City: Gaza Strip

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Country: Israel

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StateOrCounty: Gaza

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Organization: Israeli military

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