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Pregnant Palestinian woman killed in air strike buried

Noor Hassan, who was five-months pregnant, along with her three-year-old daughter, killed in Israeli air strike in Gaza.

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An Israeli air strike in Gaza killed a pregnant Palestinian woman and her three-year-old daughter. [Wisam Nasser/Al Jazeera]
By Wisam Nasser
Published On 13 Oct 2015

A Palestinian woman who was five-months pregnant and her three-year-old daughter, who were killed in an Israeli air strike near Gaza City, have been buried.

Medical sources in the besieged territory said 30-year-old Noor Hassan and her daughter Rahaf died early on Sunday when their house collapsed following the air strike.

The Israeli army said that its planes were targeting two Hamas weapons-manufacturing sites in the area.

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The Israeli army said that its planes were targeting two Hamas weapons-manufacturing sites in the area. [Wisam Nasser/Al Jazeera]
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Four other members of the woman's family were injured when their home collapsed in Gaza City's Zaytoon neighbourhood. [Wisam Nasser/Al Jazeera]
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Palestinian rescue services searched for people under the rubble. [Wisam Nasser/Al Jazeera]
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Rahaf Hassan, 3, and her 30-year-old pregnant mother, Noor Hassan, were killed on Sunday morning. [Wisam Nasser/Al Jazeera]
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Palestinian mourners weep during the funeral of the pregnant mother and her daughter. [Khalil Hamra/AP]
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Since the beginning of the latest wave of violence in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, 24 Palestinians have been killed. [Wisam Nasser/Al Jazeera]
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Four Israelis have been stabbed to death by Palestinians since fresh violence erupted this month. [Wisam Nasser/Al Jazeera]