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An Is­raeli strike on a res­i­den­tial build­ing in the Gaza Strip on Mon­day killed 14 peo­ple, most­ly women and chil­dren, ac­cord­ing to health of­fi­cials.

The Shi­fa and al-Ahli hos­pi­tals con­firmed the toll from the strike in the built-up Ja­baliya refugee camp in north­ern Gaza, say­ing five women and sev­en chil­dren were among those killed.

The Is­raeli mil­i­tary did not im­me­di­ate­ly re­spond to a re­quest for com­ment. Is­rael says it on­ly tar­gets mil­i­tants and tries to avoid harm­ing civil­ians. It blames civil­ian deaths on Hamas be­cause the mil­i­tant group is en­trenched in pop­u­lat­ed ar­eas.