Key facts
- An Israeli air strike in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip, killed four members of the same family.
- The victims included a six-year-old child.
- The identified victims were Omar Sami Ahmed Abu Qassem, his wife Asmaa Ghazi Abu Qassem, and their daughter Habiba Omar Sami Abu Qassem.
An Israeli helicopter air strike in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip, killed four members of the same family early on Wednesday. The victims included a six-year-old child.
The attack directly struck a family home, according to the Wafa news agency. The identified victims were 33-year-old Omar Sami Ahmed Abu Qassem, his wife Asmaa Ghazi Abu Qassem, and their daughter Habiba Omar Sami Abu Qassem. The name of the fourth victim has not yet been reported.
Separately, four members of the same family, including a husband, wife, and their two daughters, were killed in an Israeli air strike on their home in southern Lebanon's Houmine El Tahta, the Lebanese National News Agency reported. This incident occurred amid an Israeli invasion into southern Lebanon, with overnight strikes on southern Beirut having killed at least seven people. Earlier, another attack targeting a motorcycle in southern Lebanon's Mansouri killed at least two people.