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<article data-history-node-id="449054" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-kills-eight-gaza-families-forced-flee-homes" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-kills-eight-gaza-families-forced-flee-homes" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel kills eight in Gaza as families forced to flee homes</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces killed eight Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Thursday as they issued fresh expulsion orders in several areas, according to local reports.</p> <p>A woman and a child were killed in strikes on two houses in the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City, minutes after residents were told to leave.</p> <p>One resident said he received a call from an Israeli officer ordering people to evacuate.</p> <p>Panic ensued as families rushed to flee, but not everyone managed to escape before the bombing, according to the Anadolu news agency.</p> <p>Elsewhere in Gaza City, Israeli forces ordered residents in the Old City, in the east, to evacuate ahead of further strikes.</p> <p>In southern Gaza, Israeli forces also issued evacuation orders for two areas after bombing them.</p> <p>An Israeli soldier shot and killed a Palestinian in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza. Two more people were killed when a car was bombed near the Jordanian Field Hospital in Gaza City.</p> <p>The latest strikes and forced displacement come a day before the first anniversary of a ceasefire announced to end Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, launched in October 2023 after the Hamas-led attack in southern Israel.&nbsp;</p> <h3>Read more: <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-kills-eight-gaza-families-forced-flee-homes">Israel kills eight in Gaza as families forced to flee homes&nbsp;</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Mourners on Friday at the funeral of Hussam Hawso, an eight-year-old Palestinian boy killed in an Israeli strike on residential buildings in the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City the previous night (Omar al-Qattaa/AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="0c4926b9-7345-44a3-b625-0029ac92c7a3" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/000_D2PP994%20%281%29.jpg" width="2000" height="1125" alt="Mourners on Friday at the funeral of Hussam Hawso, an eight-year-old Palestinian boy killed in an Israeli strike on residential buildings in the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City the previous night (Omar al-Qattaa/AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Mourners on Friday at the funeral of Hussam Hawso, an eight-year-old Palestinian boy killed in an Israeli strike on residential buildings in the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City the previous night (Omar al-Qattaa/AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

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