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AN ISRAELI air strike in Gaza killed two children and wounded their mother and sibling on Saturday night as they sheltered in a tent.

According to health officials, the children aged six and eight were among four people killed in the strike in the Muwasi area, a tent camp designated by Israel as a safe zone.

A reporter with the Associated Press news agency confirmed the number of bodies.

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