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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jason Burke in Jerusalem and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza

Witnesses describe grim aftermath of Israeli strike on busy Gaza cafe

A Palestinian man carries the shrouded body of a relative, apparently a child, killed in the Israeli strike on al-Baqa cafe.
A Palestinian man carries away the body of a relative killed in the Israeli strike on al-Baqa cafe. Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images

Witnesses have described the bloody aftermath of an Israeli strike on a crowded seaside cafe in Gaza, which left at least 24 dead and many more injured.

Al-Baqa cafe, close to the harbour in Gaza City, was almost full in the early afternoon on Monday when it was hit by a missile, immediately transforming a scene of relative calm amid the biggest urban centre in Gaza into one of carnage.

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