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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Wafaa Shurafa and Sally Abou Aljoud

5-year-old and her uncle killed in airstrike in Gaza as Israel says it targeted an imminent threat

Israel Palestinians Gaza - (Copyright 2026, The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

An Israeli strike in Gaza on Monday hit a tent housing displaced people, killing a 5-year-old girl and her uncle and wounding two other children, hospital officials said.

The strike took place in the Muwasi area northwest of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, officials at Nasser Hospital said. The Associated Press couldn’t independently very those details. Family members wept over the bodies as they were brought to the hospital.

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