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Daily Mail
13-07-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Six children among the dead after Israeli missile 'error' sees strike hit crowds of people queueing for water in Gaza
At least six children have been killed after an Israeli missile strike malfunctioned and landed on a crowd of people queuing for water, it has been claimed. The strike, which killed a total of ten people and injured 17 others, hit a water distribution point in the Nuseirat refugee camp according to Gazan officials. Witnesses said a drone fired a missile at people who were filling up their jerry cans next to a water tanker. However, Israel said the missile had been intended for an Islamic Jihad militant in the area but a malfunction caused it to fall 'dozens of metres from the target'. 'The IDF regrets any harm to uninvolved civilians,' it said in a statement, adding that the incident was under review. It also insisted that it works to mitigate civilian harm 'as much as possible'. Water shortages in Gaza have worsened in recent weeks, with fuel shortages causing desalination and sanitation facilities to close. As a result people, have become dependent on collection centres to fill up their plastic containers. Hours after the water tanker incident, 12 people were killed by an Israeli strike in a market in Gaza City, including a prominent hospital consultant, Palestinian media reported. And early on Sunday morning a missile hit a house in Gaza City where a family had moved to after receiving an evacuation order from their home. Anas Matar, whose family members were killed, said: 'My aunt, her husband and the children, are gone. 'What is the fault of the children who died in an ugly, bloody massacre at dawn? 'They came here, and they were hit. There is no safe place in Gaza.' Khaled Rayyan said he was woken by the sound of two large explosions after a house was hit in Nuseirat. 'Our neighbour and his children were under the rubble,' he said. Another resident, Mahmud al-Shami, called on the negotiators to secure a deal. 'What happened to us has never happened in the entire history of humanity,' he said. 'Enough.' The Hamas-backed Gaza health ministry said on Sunday more than 58,000 people had been killed since the start of the war, with 139 added to the death toll in the past 24 hours. The conflict began when Hamas militants stormed into Israel in October 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. Of the 251 people taken hostage by militants that day, 49 are still held in Gaza, including 27 the Israeli military says are dead.
Telegraph
13-07-2025
- Health
- Telegraph
Israel blames ‘technical error' for missile which killed six children in Gaza
Israel has blamed a 'technical error' for a missile strike which killed six children collecting water in Gaza. Witnesses said a drone fired a missile at a crowd of families queuing with empty jerry cans next to a water tanker in al-Nuseirat refugee camp. Ten people were killed with a further seven children and nine adults requiring treatment at the Al-Awda Hospital. Locals rushed to the scene and carried the injured away in the back of trucks and on donkey carts. The Israeli military said it was targeting a militant but that a technical error made its munition fall 'dozens of metres from the target.' The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said it was aware of the 'claim regarding casualties in the area as a result', adding that it works to mitigate civilian harm 'as much as possible' and ' regrets any harm to uninvolved civilians '. Additionally, health officials said an Israeli strike hit a group of citizens walking in the street on Sunday afternoon, killing 11 people and injuring around 30 others in central Gaza City. Among those killed was surgeon Dr Ahmed Qandil, according to the Hamas-controlled Gaza health ministry. He was on his way to work at the Al Ali Arab Baptist Hospital, which also took the casualties and dead from the strike. In the central town of Zawaida, an Israeli strike on a home killed nine others including two women and three children, officials at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital said. The Israeli military said it was unaware of a strike on the home but has struck more than 150 targets over the past 24 hours, including what it said were weapons storage facilities, missile launchers and sniping posts. Israel says terror group Hamas has embedded its terror infrastructure in civilian areas and in safe zones, in addition to hijacking aid sites. The Hamas-run health ministry said more than 58,000 people have died in Gaza during the war, but it does not differentiate between combatants and civilians. Israel says more than 21,000 militants have been killed since the start of the war, sparked by the Oct 7, 2023 Hamas invasion of southern Israel in which around 1,200 mostly civilians were killed and 251 taken hostage Ceasefire talks amid the 21-month war are still stalling. A new deal hoped to bring back some of the remaining 50 Israeli hostages in Gaza, and pause the war which has seen swathes of Gaza razed and two-thirds of its population displaced. While Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, was in Washington last week to meet with President Donald Trump to discuss a possible ceasefire deal, there have been clashes on both sides including Israel's insistence on keeping a military presence in the strip during the truce, which Hamas will not agree to. Israel says that it will only end the war once Hamas is removed from power and disarmed and the 50 hostages, only half of whom are believed to be alive, freed. In the occupied West Bank, the funeral of Palestinian-American Sayfollah Musallet, 20, who was killed in an attack by Israeli settlers this weekend, took place on Sunday. Violence has soared in the territory since the Gaza war as tensions between Israeli settlers and Arabs rise, and all work permits of tens of thousands of Palestinians coming to Israel have been revoked. The Palestinian health ministry said Musallet, a Florida native, was killed after being beaten by Israeli settlers. Seifeddine Musalat, 23, was also killed in the attack and Mohammed al-Shalabi, was shot in the chest. On Sunday their bodies were carried through the streets of Al-Mazraa a-Sharqiya. On Saturday, Mr Musallet's family said they want the US State Department to investigate his death and hold the settlers accountable. Israel's military said Palestinians hurled rocks at Israelis in the area on Friday, lightly wounding two people and setting off a larger confrontation. Palestinians and rights groups have long accused the military of ignoring settler violence.
