Palestinian woman and child killed in Gaza as attacks and reprisals continue

Source: The Guardian

Israeli airstrike reportedly hits house as US calls for restraint over week-long violence in Jerusalem, Gaza Strip and West Bank

An Israeli airstrike on a Hamas target in the Gaza Strip on Sunday brought down a nearby house, killing a Palestinian woman and her daughter, hospital officials said, as a wave of violence in the region triggered fears of wider escalation.

The Israeli military said its air force had targeted two weapons sites belonging to Hamas, the Islamist militant group which controls Gaza, in response to the launching of two rockets into Israel in the past two days.

Witnesses said the powerful explosion at one of the Hamas camps in Gaza City caused a nearby house to collapse while its inhabitants were sleeping inside.

A Gaza Health Ministry spokesman, Ashraf al-Qidra, said the woman killed was 30 and pregnant, her daughter was three. A five-year-old boy and a man were wounded, he added.

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