GAZA CITY (Ma’an) -- A six-year-old boy was killed and seven others wounded as Israeli forces targeted areas in southern and northern Gaza on Saturday, medical officials said.
Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said Muatazz al-Sawwaf, 6, was killed and three others injured, one seriously, by an Israeli air strike in the Abasan neighborhood east of Khan Younis.
Meanwhile, three people were wounded in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, when Israeli forces opened fire at farmers tending their land, witnesses said.
Explosions were also reported in Gaza City and Rafah, witnesses said. Hamas medical officials said a baby was wounded in an attack in Rafah, at the Egypt border.
An Israeli military spokeswoman, commenting on the boy's death, said: "an initial examination shows the military was not involved in this incident." She had no immediate comment on the report about the baby. more
IMEMC reports 19 wounded in Saturday morning air raids.
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