6 Palestinians killed, 20 injured in Israeli riads on different areas
Basant Ahmed
Medical sources at Nasser Hospital said that three Palestinians were killed and more than 20 others were wounded in an Israeli raid that targeted a tent housing displaced people in Al-Mawasi, northwest of Khan Yunis.
Medical sources at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital reported that three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli raid that targeted a tent housing displaced people in the city of Deir al-Balah.
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