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Updated 12:54 pm: Israel continued its bombing campaign of Gaza for a fourth day Friday, killing a total of 100 people, mostly civilians, and injuring nearly 700, the Gaza health ministry said.
Fighters in Gaza fought back with rockets, without causing any fatalities or serious injuries. But one rocket on Friday hit a petrol station in the port city of Ashdod, causing a huge blaze and injuring three Israelis, an ambulance spokesman said.
The latest two victims were killed in an air strike on a car belonging to the municipality of Gaza, health ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qudra wrote on Twitter. The strike critically wounded a third person.
Gaza medical officials said six people were killed in Israeli pre-dawn attacks.
An air strike on a house in Gaza City killed a man described by officials as a doctor and pharmacist. Medics and residents said an Israeli aircraft bombed a three-story house in the southern town of Rafah, killing five members of the same family, including seven-year-old Ghalia al-Ghanam.
The Palestinians said Israeli tanks fired shells east of Rafah, naval forces sent shells into a security compound in Gaza City and aircraft bombed positions near the borders with Egypt.
Medical officials in Gaza said at least 60 civilians, including a four-year-old girl and a boy of five killed on Thursday, were among the 98 Palestinians who have been killed since the assault began on Tuesday.
Israel says it has struck more than 860 targets in Gaza, including homes.
Owners of some of the targeted homes received telephoned warnings from Israel to get out. In other cases, so-called “knock-on-the-door” missiles, which do not carry explosive warheads, were first fired as a signal to evacuate. Scenes of families fleeing their homes have played out daily.
But residents said in Friday’s attack in Rafah no warning was issued and the victims were asleep when their house was bombed.
Source: Al Akhbar
