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Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire in northern Gaza on Saturday, in a new violation of a ceasefire agreement, medical sources said, Anadolu reports. The sources told Anadolu that an 11-year-old girl was shot dead by Israeli forces in the town of Beit Lahia. The girl was killed while she was in a designated safe area in the town, from which the Israeli army had withdrawn under the ceasefire, local sources said. A 45-year-old woman was also killed by Israeli army fire in the Tal al-Dhahab area of Beit Lahia, they added. Another Palestinian was wounded by Israeli forces near Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, also in an area from which the army […]
