Three journalists among 11 Palestinians killed in Israel’s attacks on Gaza

The 3 journalists worked for a committee supervising Egyptian assistance successful Gaza and were documenting a recently set-up camp.

At slightest 11 Palestinians, including 2 children and 3 journalists, person been killed successful Israeli attacks connected Gaza since dawn, with six others injured, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health.

Munir al-Bursh, director-general of the ministry, told Al Jazeera that the photojournalists killed erstwhile their conveyance was struck connected Wednesday worked for the Egyptian Committee for Gaza Relief, which supervises Egypt’s alleviation enactment successful Gaza.

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Anas Ghunaim, Abdul Ra’ouf and Shaath Mohammad Qeshta were documenting developments connected the crushed successful cardinal Gaza adjacent the alleged Netzarim Corridor erstwhile they were deed successful an Israeli strike, colleagues and aesculapian officials told Al Jazeera. A 4th idiosyncratic was besides killed successful the attack, an Al Jazeera squad connected the crushed reported.

Video footage circulating online showed their charred, bombed-out conveyance by the roadside, fume inactive rising from the wreckage.

Mohammed Mansour, the committee’s spokesman, told The Associated Press quality bureau that the journalists were filming a recently established displacement camp. He said the onslaught occurred astir 5km (3 miles) from Israeli-controlled territory and that the conveyance was known to the Israeli subject arsenic belonging to the Egyptian committee.

Israeli Army Radio, citing an Israeli information source, said that the Israeli Air Force had targeted a conveyance successful cardinal Gaza, claiming that its occupants were utilizing a drone to cod quality connected service forces.

Three killed from azygous family

In a abstracted onslaught successful cardinal Gaza, 3 different Palestinians from a azygous household – including a kid – were killed successful eastbound Deir el-Balah, sources astatine Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital told Al Jazeera.

The victims were a father, his lad and different relative, the sources said.

In confederate Gaza, a 13-year-old was changeable and killed by Israeli soldiers, an Al Jazeera squad connected the crushed reported.

The Associated Press reported, quoting infirmary staff, that the kid was changeable portion collecting firewood successful the eastbound municipality of Bani Suheila.

In footage circulated online, the boy’s begetter could beryllium seen weeping implicit his son’s assemblage connected a infirmary bed.

A 32-year-old pistillate was changeable and killed successful a abstracted onslaught successful the vicinity of Khan Younis successful confederate Gaza, an Al Jazeera squad reported.

Two different Palestinians were killed successful attacks successful the northbound of the strip, the Wafa quality bureau reported.

Repeated ceasefire violations

Palestinian officials said Israel has repeatedly violated the United States-brokered ceasefire since it came into effect connected October 10.

Israel continues to restrict the introduction of food, aesculapian assistance and structure materials into Gaza, wherever astir 2.2 cardinal radical look acute humanitarian request successful acold weather, hardly shielded by flimsy tents.

Israel inactive has subject power of ample swaths of Gaza, including overmuch of the south, eastbound and north, according to Israeli subject data, but, successful effect, occupies the full territory.