Israel kills five Palestinians in Gaza
The Israeli army killed five Palestinians, including a civilian, in Gaza yesterday as it kept up a two-month offensive in the coastal strip, hospital officials said.
Sabet Edwan, 22, was killed by Israeli tank fire near the southern city of Rafah, they said.
Earlier in the day, four Palestinians, including two Hamas militants and two members of president Mahmud Abbas's presidential guard, were killed in Gaza City's eastern Shejaya neighborhood.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Palestinian security officials said the four were killed by an Israeli drone. The Israeli army said two were killed in exchange of fire with troops and two in an air strike.
Medics discovered the body of another Palestinian, Fathi Abu al-Qumbarz, 50, at his home in Shejaya.
Abu al-Qumbarz had been wounded by automatic gunfire while inside his home during Israeli operations in the area on Saturday, hospital officials said.
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