Israeli Airstrikes Kill at Least 5 in Gaza

Israeli strikes killed at least five Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Monday and aircraft attacked four homes in Beit Lahiya, witnesses said. Israel said the town, near its border with the Gaza Strip, has been a staging ground for rocket launches aimed at Israel. Dozens of residents used their bare hands to search through the rubble of homes in search for survivors or bodies buried under cement blocks. "We were sitting when all of a sudden strikes started falling on us, we...

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