{Six-year-old girl and her brother, 10, killed as Israeli air strikes hit Gaza after rocket fire on southern Israel.}<\/p>\n
A six-year-old Palestinian girl and her 10-year-old brother were killed in the Gaza Strip by fragments from a missile fired by an Israeli aircraft, medical officials said.<\/p>\n
Debris from the explosion early on Saturday landed on the children’s home in Beit Lahiya.<\/p>\n
The girl, Israa Abu Khosa, died in hospital on Saturday afternoon having succumbed to critical injuries sustained during the attack, Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesperson for Gaza’s Ministry of Health, told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n
Her brother Yassin died earlier, and was the first fatality from an air strike in Gaza since October.<\/p>\n
Their brother, 13-year-old Ayoub Abu Khosa, sustained moderate injuries from the attack.<\/p>\n
The Israeli air strike took place hours after rockets were launched at southern Israel on Friday night, according to the Israeli military. No casualties were reported from the rocket strikes.<\/p>\n
The Gaza health ministry said Israel carried out five air raids on Hamas facilities.<\/p>\n
Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, vowed retaliation late on Saturday. <\/p>\n
A statement on its website said of the two killed children, “their blood will not be shed in vain”.<\/p>\n
Gaza rocket fire has tapered off significantly since a 2014 war when more than 2,100 Palestinians, mostly civilians, and six Israeli civilians and 67 soldiers were killed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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