Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Eleven people in the same family, including seven children, died when their bus was hit by an Israeli tank shell after crossing a demarcation zone in northern Gaza, the Hamas-run civil defense said.
On Friday night, members of the Abu Shaban family were attempting to reach their home in the Al Zeitoun neighborhood east of Gaza City, the agency told The New York Times.
Mahmoud Basal, a spokesman for the emergency service, which is part of the Interior Ministry, said rescue workers had reached the scene on Saturday after coordinating their movements with the United Nations.
"This constitutes a full-fledged crime that reveals the occupation's premeditated intent to target defenseless civilians without any justification," Hamas said in a statement.
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