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Israel pummels Gaza Strip as it struggles to battle pandemic
Israeli armed forces claimed that the aerial assault was a response for missiles being fired into the south of the country
Children run behind a truck while workers wearing protective gear spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus, at closed market of Shijaiyah neighbourhood in Gaza City, last Friday

ISRAEL pummelled the besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday, its bombs targeting a number of locations in the Palestinian territory, which is struggling to deal with a deadly outbreak of coronavirus.

Warplanes fired missiles which struck areas north-west of Gaza City and east of the town of Jabalya.

Artillery shells also hit a spot east of the city, causing damage to infrastructure. No injuries were reported.

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