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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Wafaa Shurafa and Sam Metz

Child at home in Gaza killed by Israeli fire as post-ceasefire deaths mount

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

A relative said Israeli gunfire on Thursday killed an 11-year-old girl whose family had returned to a designated safe zone, adding to more than 400 deaths reported since a ceasefire was reached to halt fighting in Gaza nearly three months ago.

After shells and shrapnel hit her home in northern Gaza’s Jabaliya area, Hamsa Housou was taken to Shifa Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Outside the hospital mortuary, her uncle Khamis Housou told The Associated Press that the family had returned home on Oct. 11, a day after the ceasefire went into effect.

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