Gaza agency says 2 doctors killed in Israeli air strike

Smoke billows during Israeli bombardment on the Gaza Strip from a position in southern Israel on May 12, 2024, amid ongoing fighting in the Palestinian territory between Israel and the Hamas movement. Agence France-Presse

PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — Gaza’s civil defense agency said Sunday that two doctors were killed in an Israeli air strike on the city of Deir al-Balah in a central area of the Palestinian territory.

“The bodies of Doctor Muhammad Nimr Qazaat and his son, Doctor Youssef, were recovered (as they were killed) because of an Israeli raid on the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, and they were transferred to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah,” the agency said in a statement.

The Israeli army did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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