Israel air strikes kills six in Gaza

Israeli air strikes killed at least six Palestinians in the Gaza Strip today, Palestinian medical staff and militant groups said…

Israeli air strikes killed at least six Palestinians in the Gaza Strip today, Palestinian medical staff and militant groups said.

Hamas said five of its memebrs were killed in an air strike that targeted a van traveling near the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis.

An Israeli army spokeswoman said she was checking the report.

The Islamic Jihad militant group said one of its gunmen was killed in an early morning air strike east of the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

The Israeli army said it was not familiar with the attack.

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