Israeli strikes on Gaza leave children without parents and parents without children
By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY, Associated Press
Published: August 13, 2024, 1:48pm
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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Reem Abu Hayyah, just three months old, was the only member of her family to survive an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip late Monday. A few miles (kilometers) to the north, Mohamed Abuel-Qomasan lost his wife and their twin babies — just four days old — in another strike.
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