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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
GAZA, July 1 (Xinhua) — The death toll from an Israeli airstrike on a beach cafe in Gaza City has risen to 34, Palestinian medical and security sources said Monday.
A brief statement from al-Shifa hospital said most of the dead were women and children. The injured and the bodies of the victims were taken to the hospital after the attack.
According to eyewitnesses, the cafe, located in the western part of the al-Shati refugee camp, was often used by journalists and civilians to access the internet.
Security officials and Palestinian eyewitnesses told Xinhua that the Israeli aircraft fired at least one missile at the target.
Among those killed was journalist Ismail Abu Khatab, while another media worker, Bayan Abu Sultan, was wounded and is in stable condition, local sources said.
The Israeli military has not yet commented on the incident. –0–