West Asia war: Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill 12, including pregnant woman and children

17 March,2026 08:33 AM IST |  Cairo  |  Agencies

The woman had been pregnant with twins, the hospital said

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike that targeted a police vehicle in Zawaida in the central Gaza Strip on March 15. Pic/AFP


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At least 12 Palestinians, including two boys, a pregnant woman and eight police officers, were killed Sunday by Israeli airstrikes in the war-torn Gaza Strip, hospital authorities said.

A strike on Sunday morning hit a house in the urban refugee camp of Nuseirat in central Gaza and killed four people, including a couple in their 30s and their 10-year-old son, according to the nearby Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. The woman had been pregnant with twins, the hospital said.

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