Disabled Palestinians unable to escape Israeli air strike on home

Two killed and three injured in deadly blast as international criticism grows over rapidly rising civilian death toll in Gaza

Who knows who lived in the two first-floor apartments above a home for eight disabled adults in a neighbourhood of eastern Gaza.

Perhaps, as a neighbour suggests, one of them was a militant with Islamic Jihad who lived there with his family. But the neighbour says he isn't sure. What is certain is that the occupant was absent in the early hours of Saturday morning when the two Israeli drones "knocked on his roof" firing warning shots to encourage civilians to vacate the building prior to a strike.

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