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Israeli air attack on Gaza City apartment kills at least five

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An Israeli air strike hit a residential building in Remal, Gaza City early Saturday morning, killing at least five people and injuring at least six others. Medical staff at al-Shifa Hospital confirmed the casualties included four women. The attack struck during nighttime when residents were asleep, causing significant destruction and fires that lasted for over an hour before being extinguished by Palestinian Civil Defence crews. Al Jazeera’s Hani al-Shaer reported from the scene, describing it as “horrific” with people buried under rubble and Israeli drones flying overhead while rescue efforts continued.
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On September 29, an Israeli airstrike killed Izz al-Din Al-Beik, the head of Hamas' armed wing in the northern Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian officials and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz. The strike hit an apartment building in Gaza City's Nasr neighborhood around dawn, also causing another fatality among those wounded by the attack. In early October, another Israeli airstrike killed at least five Palestinians, including four women, in a residential building in western Gaza City’s Remal neighborhood; health officials reported six others were severely injured. Since last October’s ceasefire, Israel claims it has targeted and killed over 20 Hamas figures this month alone, citing violations of the ceasefire agreement by Hamas, which denies rearming or attacking. Meanwhile, Gaza health officials report that Israeli fire since October 2023 has resulted in at least 1,400 Palestinian deaths, compared to four reported Israeli soldier fatalities during the same period.

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Topics

Gaza Gaza City Israeli Remal al-Shifa Hospital

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Gaza GPE · 3× Israeli NORP · 3× al-Shifa Hospital ORG · 3× Al-Shaer PERSON · 2× Remal GPE · 2× 3Israeli NORP · 1× Al Jazeera’s ORG · 1× Gaza City GPE · 1× Hani al-Shaer PERSON · 1× Khan Younis GPE · 1×

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Israeli air attack on Gaza City apartment kills at least five · assertive framing

Claims (13 extracted, 2 hedged)

An Israeli air attack on a residential apartment in western Gaza City has killed at least five people and severely wounded at least six others, according to medical staff at al-Shifa Hospital. uncertain
attack → kill → Hospital
The strike hit the al-Asala building in the Remal neighbourhood early on Saturday without prior warning, according to Al Jazeera’s Hani al-Shaer, reporting from Khan Younis. uncertain
strike → hit → Younis
Recommended Stories list of 3 items- list 1 of 3Israeli attacks across Gaza kill at least eight - list 2 of 3Palestinians bury remains of 105 people killed in Israeli attack on Gaza - list 3 of 3Photos: asserted
attacks → kill → 3Photos
Palestinians mourn more than 100 loved ones in mass Gaza funeral asserted
Palestinians → mourn → funeral
Remal is one of Gaza City’s most crowded residential areas, home to thousands of displaced people sheltering in makeshift camps across the neighbourhood. asserted
Remal → displace → neighbourhood
Al-Shaer said the attack came in the middle of the night, when residents were asleep. asserted
residents → say → night
“We heard fighter jets getting louder, then three strikes followed, hitting the apartment and killing those inside,” he said. asserted
he → hear → those
The strike penetrated the targeted apartment and tore through the floors below, causing further destruction throughout the multi-storey building. asserted
strike → penetrate → building
Fires burned for at least an hour before Palestinian Civil Defence crews managed to put them out. asserted
crews → burn → them
Al-Shaer described the scene as “horrific”, with people buried under the rubble as they slept. asserted
they → describe → rubble
Civil defence crews were still searching the site for missing people and bodies, he said, as Israeli drones continued flying over the area and fighter jets were heard flying low across the Strip. asserted
jets → search → Strip
Al-Shifa Hospital said the dead included four women, among them an elderly Christian woman and her daughter. asserted
dead → say → them
The six wounded were taken to al-Shifa Hospital for treatment. asserted
six → wound → treatment
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