An Israeli missile flattened a two-story house in a residential neighbourhood of Gaza City today, killing at least 11 civilians, medical officials said.
An Israeli missile flattened a two-story house in a residential neighbourhood of Gaza City today, killing at least 11 civilians, medical officials said.
A Palestinian man cries next the body of a dead relative in the morgue of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City
The attack came as Israel expanded the targets of its offensive to target homes of wanted militants.
It was the single deadliest incident of the five-day-old Israeli operation and is likely to raise international pressure for a halt to the offensive.
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