Palestinian medics in the central Gaza Strip have extracted the dead body of the three-year-old daughter of Hamas military commander Mohamed Deif.
"The girl's body was pulled from under the rubble of their home in the central Gaza Strip and taken to Al-Shifaa Hospital," Palestinian Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qodra told Anadolu Agency on Thursday.
Deif, commander of Hamas' Ezzeddin al-Qassam Brigades, survived an Israeli attempt to assassinate him on Tuesday. His wife and seven-month-old child, however, were both killed in the attack.
Israel resumed airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday following the collapse of indirect, Egypt-hosted talks aimed at hammering out a permanent ceasefire deal.
Israel accuses Palestinian factions of violating a temporary ceasefire (which expired on midnight Tuesday) – a claim denied by resistance faction Hamas, which in turn accused the self-proclaimed Jewish state of attempting to derail talks in Cairo.
Since hostilities began on July 7, at least 2072 Palestinians have been killed – mostly civilians – and more than 10,000 injured in relentless Israeli bombardments across the Gaza Strip.
Over the same period, at least 67 Israelis – 64 soldiers and three civilians – have been killed, according to Israeli figures.
By Ola Attalah
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