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Woman and 3-year-old child killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza
11 October 2015 11:28 BST
A pregnant Palestinian mother and her toddler daughter were killed when an Israeli retaliatory air strike demolished their home in the northern Gaza Strip, medical sources said early on Sunday.
The fatalities were identified as Nur Hassan, 30, and her daughter Rahaf Hassan, aged three. Medics said three others were still trapped under the home's ruins in the Zeitun sector south of Gaza City. The father and two-year-old son were injured in the attack, Palestinian sources said.
Israel said it had targeted "two Hamas weapon manufacturing facilities" in response to two rocket launches at Israel on Saturday, as well as a number of attempts by Palestinians to violently break into Israel from Gaza.