Israeli Strike Kills 4 In Gaza Including 2 Children, Pregnant Woman: Hospital Officials

At least four Palestinians, including two boys and a woman pregnant with twins, were killed Sunday by an Israeli airstrike in the war-torn Gaza Strip, hospital authorities said. The strike hit a house in Nuseirat, an urban refugee camp in central Gaza, killing a couple in their 30s and their 10-year son, according to the nearby Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. The fourth fatality, a 15-year-old neighbor, was taken to the Awda hospital in Nuseirat. The boy's young brother was wounded in the strike, the hospital said. Mahmoud al-Mohtasib, a relative, said the family was sleeping when the airstrike hit. "The missile landed among the children....it's a safe area; there was nothing there, just sleeping children," he said. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military. The deaths were the latest fatalities among Palestinians in the coastal enclave since an October ceasefire deal attempted to halt a more than 2-year war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.