Hamas leader's son killed in Israeli attack in Gaza

GAZA CITY 

The older son of senior Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayah, his wife and two sons were killed in a fresh Israeli attack in eastern Gaza Strip on Sunday.

"Osama al-Hayah, his wife and two sons were killed in Israeli artillery shelling of his house in eastern al-Shujaya district," Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qodra told Anadolu Agency.

Scores of Palestinians were also reportedly injured in the Israeli shelling.

Khalil al-Hayah had lost another son in an Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip in 2008.

Since July 7, Israeli army has been pounding the Gaza Strip with devastating air and naval attacks with the ostensible aim of halting rocket fire.

 On Thursday night, Israel launched a ground assault into the Gaza Strip, sending thousands of troops to strike what it describe as "terrorist tunnels" in the Palestinian territory.

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