Israeli strikes in Gaza kill two people, first fatalities in more than a week, medics say

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Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip have killed two Palestinians, including a senior police official, marking the first fatalities in more than a week amid Israeli military scaling back operations. The strikes occurred in Khan Younis and were reported by Palestinian medics.

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO, Aug 13 (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinians, including a senior police official, in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, in the first reported fatalities in more than a week as the Israeli military scaled back its targeted attacks in the enclave under U.S. pressure. Palestinian medics said the first strike targeted two people riding on a motorbike, in a western area of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. The other person was wounded, they added.