Deir al-Balah (Gaza Strip): The Israeli army launched a major attack on the Gaza Strip on Saturday night. At least six people, including two children, were killed in this attack. Medical officials gave this information on Sunday. According to Nasir Hospital, the mother of these children and their siblings were injured in the attack in Muwasi area. An Associated Press correspondent present at the hospital saw the bodies. There is a huge tent camp in Muwasi area, in which thousands of displaced people live.
Four people were killed in a separate attack in the southern city of Rafah, near the border with Egypt, according to hospital records. The Israeli military said it was not aware of attacks at any location. Israel says it only targets militants and tries to avoid harming civilians, but its daily strikes in Gaza often kill women and children.
Houthis counterattacked
In a separate development, a missile fired by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen triggered airstrike sirens in central Israel. The Israeli military said it shot down the missile before it entered Israeli territory. The former Defense Minister has accused Israel of war crimes. Moshe Ya'alon, a former top Israeli general and former defense minister, has accused the government of carrying out ethnic cleansing in northern Gaza, where Israeli forces have been waging the latest campaign against Hamas since early October. Moshe Ya'alon, who was Defense Minister in Benjamin Netanyahu's government, resigned in 2016. He is a harsh critic of the Prime Minister. He said Israel's current far-right government is determined to occupy, annex and carry out ethnic cleansing of Gaza. (AP)
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