The Palestinian Ministry of Health has reported that an Israeli drone fired a missile at a civilian car in the Bani Soheila area, in the southern Gaza Strip district of Khan Younis, killing three family members, including a child, and wounding five Palestinians.The Ministry said that the missile directly struck the car, as the family was heading to a local hospital to visit a wounded family member, and killed the following family members:
1. Khadra Al-Abed Salama Abu Doqqa, 65, Khan Younis.
2. Omar Ramadan Abu Doqqa, 24, Khan Younis.
3. Ibrahim Ramadan Abo Doqqa, 10, Khan Younis.
Their remains, and the wounded Palestinians, were moved to the Gaza European Hospital.
The latest attack brings the number of Palestinians killed since Israel launched its war on Gaza to 208, most of them civilians, including children, women and elderly.
The army escalated its bombarded, including aerial attacks, against different parts of the Gaza Strip, killing ten Palestinians, and wounding at least thirty others.
The strikes targeted dozens of homes, roads, farmlands, facilities, infrastructure, and a playground that was bombarded at least three times.
The ongoing Israeli war on Gaza led to the death of 208 Palestinians since Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at least 1550 Palestinians have been wounded; most of the casualties are civilians, including children, women and elderly.