AP: Israel airstrike in Gaza killed at least 18 people, all from the same family

Associated Press reported that an Israel airstrike in Gaza killed at least 18 people, all from the same family, on Saturday, hours after mediators expressed optimism for an imminent cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas after 10 months of war.

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Saturday’s airstrike hit a house and adjacent warehouse sheltering displaced people at the entrance to the town of Zawaida, according to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, where casualties were taken. An Associated Press reporter there counted the dead.

Among those killed was Sami Jawad al-Ejlah, a wholesaler who coordinated with the Israeli military to bring meat and fish to Gaza... 

The dead also included his children ages 2 to 22, the children’s grandmother and three other relatives, according to a list provided by the hospital.

Such a strike that erased four generations from the same family (parents, grandparens, chidlren, and grandchildren) fits any definition of war crimes and genocidal action.