Deir Al Balah Massacre: Mom, Her 4 Kids Killed

A Palestinian mother and her four children were killed in an Israeli airstrike that struck their home in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, at dawn on Monday.

Local sources reported that the airstrike targeted the family home of Abu Samak, killing the mother and four of her children, who were peacefully sleeping at the time.

The children were aged between four and eight years old.

The woman was identified as Israa Abu Samak, 29. The slain children were Abdullah Mohammed Abu Samak, aged eight; Ahmed, aged seven; Zeina, aged five; and Mazen, aged four according to the Quds News Network.

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Dr. Marwan Asmar holds a PhD from Leeds University and is a freelance writer specializing on the Middle East. He has worked as a journalist since the early 1990s in Jordan and the Gulf countries, and been widely published, including at Albawaba, Gulf News, Al Ghad, World Press Review and others.

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