Al Jazeera reports that the death toll from that attack on the Hamdan family home has now risen to two, with several people wounded.

Attacks were also reported by local media in the early hours of this morning in several areas of Gaza, including:

  • Israeli artillery and jet fighter strikes have hit the east of Gaza City.
  • Israeli ground troops are also reported to have destroyed buildings in the east of Gaza City this morning.
  • Artillery and heavy machine-gun fire from Israeli armoured vehicles has been reported in the town of Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Younis in the south of the Strip.
  • At least one child was killed and others injured when a tent shelter for forcibly displaced people was targeted by Israeli aircraft in the al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis.
  • Israeli attack helicopters fired on a residential apartment in the Hawuz area, west of Khan Younis, causing significant damage and a large fire.

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