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Six Palestinians killed in separate Israeli attacks in Gaza City

Six Palestinians, including an eight-year-old girl, were killed in separate Israeli attacks targeting the al-Rimal and al-Tuffah neighbourhoods and the Passports Camp for displaced people in Gaza City. The toll included four passers-by in al-Rimal, while several Palestinians were injured in the attack on al-Tuffah.

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Six Palestinians, including an eight-year-old girl, were killed in three separate Israeli attacks targeting the al-Rimal and al-Tuffah neighbourhoods and the Passports Camp for displaced people in Gaza City. One of the strikes also injured several Palestinians in al-Tuffah, east of the city. Four Palestinians were killed in a strike targeting a group of passers-by in al-Rimal, west of Gaza City.

Girl killed at the Passports Camp

The strike took place near the Passports Camp for displaced people, which was also targeted in a separate attack by an Israeli drone that killed a girl. The Palestinian Sawa Agency quoted medical sources as saying the girl was named Shahd Abdul Razek al-Najjar and was eight years old. The sources said the girl was struck by bullets fired from a quadcopter drone in the Passports area.

In al-Tuffah, east of the city, a Palestinian was killed and others were injured in an Israeli strike. The agency quoted al-Shifa Medical Complex as confirming that one person was killed and others injured in shelling that targeted the neighbourhood.