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Israeli air attack on Gaza City apartment kills at least five
Al Jazeera • • general
Key Points:
- An Israeli airstrike on the al-Asala residential building in Gaza City's Remal neighborhood killed at least five people and severely wounded six others, according to al-Shifa Hospital medical staff.
- The attack occurred early Saturday without prior warning, striking in the middle of the night while residents were asleep, causing significant destruction through multiple floors of the building.
- Remal is a densely populated area housing thousands of displaced people in makeshift camps, intensifying the impact of the strike on civilians.
- Fires from the strike burned for over an hour before being extinguished by Palestinian Civil Defence crews, who continue to search for missing individuals amid ongoing Israeli drone and fighter jet activity.
- Among the dead were four women, including an elderly Christian woman and her daughter; the wounded have been hospitalized for treatment at al-Shifa.
