On Tuesday, officials said that four women and seven children were amongst the 16 dead while four further children were orphaned. Bodies were taken to Nasser Hospital, where a three-month-old baby was amongst those wounded.

Reem Abu Hayyah, just three months old, was the only member of her family to survive an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip late Monday. The Israeli strike destroyed a home near the southern city of Khan Younis, killing 10 people. The dead included Abu Hayyah’s parents and five siblings, ranging in age from 5 to 12, as well as the parents of three other children. All four children were wounded in the strike.

The IOF rarely comments on individual strikes, which often kill women and children. Gaza’s Health Ministry says nearly 40,000 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the war, without saying how many were fighters.
The updated death toll from Palestinian officials comes as the United States approved a $20billion arms sale to Israel. It includes scores of fighter jets and advanced air-to-air missiles the State Department announced. 

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