’Israel’ Martyrs 20, Including 11 Children, in Single Gaza Massacre

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An "Israeli" air strike in southern Gaza hours before a humanitarian truce was declared martyred 20 people, including 11 children, most of them from a single family, medics said.

The strike in southern Khan Younis hit the home of the Najjar family, martyring at least 14 relatives, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said.

Another two members of the Abu Shahla family were killed, along with four other people, two of whom have yet to be identified.

The martyrs included 11 children, among them a one-year-old girl and a three-year-old boy, Qudra said.

Separately, the bodies of at least another 35 Palestinians were recovered from rubble across Gaza on Saturday, raising to over 900 the overall death toll of "Israel's" onslaught on the territory since July 8, medics said.

Emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said the bodies were retrieved in the three hours since a humanitarian truce came into effect.

Thirteen bodies were recovered in Shejaiya in eastern Gaza City, 13 more in Deir al-Balah and Nusseirat in central Gaza, and nine in north Gaza.

The toll is expected to rise as bodies are pulled from the rubble of homes in some of the worst-hit parts of Gaza, in northern Beit Hanoun, eastern Shejaiya and Zeitoun, and southern Khan Younis.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team