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Another airstrike hit a tent in Khan Younis, further south, according to WAFA.<br \/>The Israeli military said it was looking into the report and did not immediately say whether it had carried out airstrikes in the enclave. Video showed charred, blackened and destroyed walls at an apartment in a multi-storey building, and debris scattered inside it and outside on the Gaza City street.<br \/>&#8220;We found my three little nieces in the street, they say ceasefire and all, what did those children do, what did we do?&#8221; said Samer al-Atbash, a relative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli airstrikes in Gaza killed at least 12 people, the Palestinian health ministry said, with children reported to be among the fatalities in the latest violence rattling a tenuous ceasefire.One airstrike hit an apartment in Gaza City killing three children and two women, according to a family member and the official Palestinian news agency WAFA. 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