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Israeli Drone Strike Kills Family of 6 in Gaza City

HeadlineJul 21, 2026

In Gaza, health officials say an entire Palestinian family was wiped off the civil registry overnight in an Israeli strike on their home. The attack on Gaza City’s Sabra neighborhood came without warning around 2 a.m., sending shrapnel flying into the tents of displaced Palestinians living nearby. It killed Firas al-Masri along with his wife, Salsabeel, their three daughters and son. This is the children’s grandfather, Abu Yusuf al-Masri.

Abu Yusuf al-Masri: “We were unable to save our grandchildren and children from the flames and the devastation. Six people were martyred, most of them children and women, without mercy and without any prior warning. All these are crimes by the Israelis. When the world thinks there is a ceasefire or relative calm, there is no relative calm, and there is no safe place at all.”

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