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Israel's bombardment of Gaza kills more children as death toll nears 40,000
Palestinians pray next to the bodies of their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, August 13, 2024

MORE deaths were recorded in Gaza today following the killing of at least 17 people, including five children, by Israeli air strikes overnight.

One attack hit a family home in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing children aged from two to 11.

The bodies were dismembered by the blast and the two-year-old was decapitated, according to an Associated Press news agency reporter.

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