By KUNA,
Gaza : A Palestinian child was killed, and members of her family were injured on Wednesday when an Israeli tanker fired on a house in Qarara town, south Gaza Strip.
Palestinian medical sources said a seven-year old girl, Hadeel Al-Sameeri, was killed by Israeli fire targeting her house during an incursion of Qarara town, early Wednesday morning.
The sources said that the victim’s body was disfigured, noting that some of her family members were also injured.
“The operation was carried out by Israeli combat jets, under a heavy barrage of fire targeting Palestinian citizens, while bulldozers destroyed agricultural lands,” eyewitnesses said.
Sources also stated that the incursion was executed from Kissufim military site, near Qarara town, as a group of Palestinian militant clashed with Israeli troops.