Eleven people in one family died when their bus was hit by an Israeli tank shell after crossing the demarcation zone in Gaza, the Hamas-run civil defense said.
Oct. 18 Eleven people in the same family, including seven children, died when their bus was hit by an Israeli tank shell after crossing a demarcation zone in northern Gaza, the Hamas-run civil defense said.
On Friday night, members of the Abu Shaban family were attempting to reach their home in the Al Zeitoun neighborhood east of Gaza City, the agency told The New York Times.
Mahmoud Basal, a spokesman for the emergency service, which is part of the Interior Ministry, said rescue workers had reached the scene on Saturday after coordinating their movements with the United Nations.
«This constitutes a full-fledged crime that reveals the occupation’s premeditated intent to target defenseless civilians without any justification», Hamas said in a statement.
The BBC reported this was the deadliest incident involving Israeli soldiers since the start of the cease-fire eight days ago.
Israel Defense Forces said troops fired «warning shots» at a «suspicious vehicle» that crossed into the so-called yellow zone that separates an area still occupied by Israeli forces under the terms of the truce.
«The troops fired warning shots toward the suspicious vehicle, but the vehicle continued to approach the troops in a way that caused an imminent threat to them», the military said in a statement.
