Gaza City hospitals say several killed in strike, as Israel targets Hamas leaders

Gaza City hospitals say several killed in strike, as Israel targets Hamas leadersJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleYolande KnellMiddle East correspondent, JerusalemReutersFive children were reported to be among those killed in a strike targeting a senior Hamas operative in a residential buildingAt least 10 people, including five children, were killed in an Israeli strike on a building in Gaza City late on Wednesday, according to local hospitals.The target of the attack appeared to have been a local Hamas battalion commander Imad Asleem, who was killed alongside his teenage daughter Israa and buried on Thursday.Hamas has not officially commented.The Israeli military has released a short statement saying it struck "two central Hamas terrorists in the northern Gaza Strip", without disclosing their identities.It is the latest Israeli strike targeting senior Hamas figures in Gaza in recent days.Footage from Thursday's attack showed a badly damaged residential building in central Gaza City and destroyed tents in a neighbouring displaced people's camp.Around 20 people were reportedly injured. Raslan Bajou, who was asleep in his tent at the time of the latest strike, said: "This is a sin, I swear it's a sin."He told BBC News his "neighbours were in pieces" as he described the chaotic aftermath of the attack in which his wife was injured."We didn't know what was going on," said Um Azzam al-Zaim, whose relative was visiting her for the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday.She continued: "We were soaked when a water tank on the roof above was hit. "Our tent broke and rubble fell on me from outside. It was difficult for us to get out of the tent."Um Azzam said that she had seen the bodies of children who had been blown off the top of the neighbouring building after gathering there to share their Eid chocolates.Pictures from Gaza City on Thursday showed a large funeral procession taking place, with a body...