Child killed, 30 hurt in Gaza during Israeli-declared truce

FE Team | Published: August 05, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

GAZA CITY, Aug 4 (Agencies): A child was killed and 30 people wounded in a strike on a refugee camp in Gaza City Monday just minutes into an Israeli-declared truce, medics said.
Witnesses and several AFP correspondents based at a nearby hotel, reported hearing the whistle of a missile fired from an F16 warplane before it crashed into a three-story house wedged between two tall buildings inside the beachfront Shati refugee camp.
The strike killed an eight-year-old girl, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told AFP.
An AFP correspondent said the strike hit at 0706 GMT - just six minutes into the ceasefire.
The Israeli army said it was looking into the incident, but gave no further comment.
With only a narrow alley leading to the house, it was not possible to get rescue equipment to the scene, with a long line of people passing out chunks of rubble by hand, an AFP correspondent said.
Young men joined rescuers in the human chain, shouting at onlookers to leave the place and not complicate the search for survivors.
"Just after 10am, an F16 fired at the houses. There is no truce. How could there be a truce, they are liars, they don't even respect their own commitments," raged Ayman Mahmud, who lives in the neighbourhood.