Three people killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza City
Two people were killed when an Israeli drone targeted a group of people in the Asqaula area of the Zeitoun neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City, the news agency said.
Another person was killed and three were injured in an air strike on a house near the al-Alami Mosque on az-Zarqa Street, also in eastern Gaza City.
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