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Israel kills eight in Gaza as families forced to flee homes
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<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. </p>
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<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>
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