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The strike took place in the Muwasi area northwest of Khan
Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, officials at Nasser Hospital
said. The Associated Press couldn’t independently verify those
details. Family members wept over the bodies as they were
brought to the hospital.
The dead are among the more than 400 people killed in Gaza since
an October ceasefire began, according to the Gaza Health
Ministry.
The Israeli military said on social media it struck a Hamas
militant who planned an imminent attack on Israeli troops in the
southern Gaza Strip. It said the strike complied with the
ceasefire agreement, and was done in a targeted way to mitigate
civilian harm.
It was not immediately clear if the statement referred to the
fatal tent strike. The military also said that, because of
continued ceasefire violations, it had begun striking Hezbollah
and Hamas terror targets in southern and eastern Lebanon.
The strikes came a few days before Lebanon’s army commander is
scheduled to brief the government on its mission of disarming
Hezbollah in areas along the border with Israel.
Israel and the Lebanese militant group exchanged fire for over a
year before reaching a ceasefire in November 2024. Israel
continues to control small parts of Lebanese territory and has
continued to carry out strikes, accusing the group of trying to
rearm.
Earlier on Monday, the Gaza Health Ministry reported that two
other bodies had been brought to local hospitals over the past
24 hours. The ministry, part of the Hamas-run government, said
that 422 bodies have been brought to hospitals since the
ceasefire went into effect on Oct. 10. The ministry maintains
detailed casualty records that are seen as generally reliable by
U.N. agencies and independent experts.
Five others were brought to hospitals with injuries over the
last day, it said. They are among the 1,189 wounded since the
ceasefire. Another 684 people have been found dead in the rubble
strewn across Gaza during the same period.
The overall Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war
rose to at least 71,388, the ministry said. Another 171,269 have
been wounded, it said.
___ Abou AlJoud reported from Beirut. Associated Press
journalists Eleanor Reich in Jerusalem and Maryclaire Dale in
Philadelphia contributed to this report.
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