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Gaza Christians mourn deaths of mother, daughter in Israeli air strike

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The residents of a Gaza City apartment house were asleep in the predawn hours of October 3 when an Israeli drone strike and subsequent fire destroyed much of the building. No warnings preceded the strike, which Israeli military sources said was targeted to kill Ali al-Amoudi, a reported Hamas politi…

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  1. Al Jazeera

    Gaza’s Christians mourn mother and daughter killed in Israeli attack (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Maysa Abu Daoud and her daughter Mary al-Najjar among five Palestinians killed in Gaza City attack.

  2. Aleteia

    Gaza Christians mourn deaths of mother, daughter in Israeli air strike (opens Aleteia)

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    The residents of a Gaza City apartment house were asleep in the predawn hours of October 3 when an Israeli drone strike and subsequent fire destroyed much of the building. No warnings preceded the strike, which Israeli military sources said was targeted to kill Ali al-Amoudi, a reported Hamas politi…

  3. The Christian Post

    Christian mother, daughter killed in Gaza strike; Israel says it targeted Hamas leader (opens The Christian Post)

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    Two Palestinian Christian women, a mother and her daughter, were killed early Saturday when an Israeli airstrike hit the apartment building in Gaza City where they were living, church leaders said.