Baby and pregnant mother 'killed by Israeli drone strike'

At the funeral of slain 14-month-old Sebba Mahmoud Abu Arar, the girl's

Khalid Abu Arar tells MEE that she and her pregnant aunt Falastin Saleh Abu Arar were killed by an Israeli drone strike.

"We were sitting in the courtyard outside our house like any normal day, drinking tea and eating," he says. "Then an Israeli drone appeared in the sky."

"Sebba was sitting in her aunt's lap, and a missile fired from the drone hit them directly," he added. "Drones do not distinguish between civilians and fighters."

Earlier, Israel claimed that the pair were killed by a Hamas explosive device, not an Israeli strike.