Israeli tank fire kills 5 members of family in Gaza: medics

TheNEWS

July 18, 2014

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GAZA CITY (AFP) – At least five members of a single family, among them women and a child, were killed by Israel tank fire in northern Gaza on Friday evening, medics said.

The five members of the Abu Jurad family — two men, two women, and a child — were killed in their home in Beit Hanun, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said.