Israeli air strikes and artillery fire have hit Gaza nine times Friday, killing eight, and bringing the total number of dead over the past 24 hours to thirteen, half of who were civilians
A mother and daughter, and elderly man were killed in two separate strikes near Khan Younis, a fourth – identified as an Al-Qassam Brigades fighter – was killed near Gaza City, and two unidentified men wer killed when a shell hit his home east of Gaza City.
ABC News notes the Hamas attack that struck a school bus in Israel:
The latest deaths came after 24 hours of deadly tit-for-tat violence which was sparked on Thursday when Hamas militants fired an anti-tank missile at an Israeli school bus, critically wounding a teenager and lightly injuring the driver.
