Three Palestinians were wounded in an IDF airstrike in northern Gaza Monday afternoon, sources in Gaza reported.
In addition to aerial operations, the IDF continued to operate on the ground in the Strip throughout Monday. A soldier was lightly wounded in his hand earlier during a clash with Palestinian gunmen and several missiles were launched at IDF tanks.
Four Palestinian children, all members of one family, were killed
earlier Monday in Israel Defense Forces strike in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources reported.
According to the report, an IDF shell hit a house in the town of Beit Hanoun, killing four members of the Abu Meatak family. Palestinian medics identified the dead children as sisters Rudina and Hana Abu Meatak, aged 6 and 3; and their brothers 4-year-old Saleh and 15-month-old Mousad. Their mother, Miyasar, was in her late 30s. Her two older children were critically wounded in the strike, the officials said.
A 15-year-old boy was also killed in the strike while making his way to school. Nine people were reportedly injured, three of them sustaining serious to critical wounds.
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