In Gaza, hundreds of mourners on Monday carried the bodies of four children and their mother killed by Israeli forces through the streets of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza. Medical officials and residents said an Israeli projectile smashed through the ceiling of a one-story house where the family was having breakfast. Hamas spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri condemned the Israeli shelling.

Sami Abu Zuhri: “The massacre committed by the occupation this morning in northern Gaza, which left seven dead, mostly children, this is proof that the Israeli occupation is not concerned with any calm and is insisting on the continuation of the aggression against our Palestinian people.”

Israel officials have admitted to firing missiles near the family’s home, but Israeli Army spokesperson Avital Leibowitz claimed the family was killed by a secondary explosion caused by detonated explosive devices carried by Palestinian militants.

Avital Leibowitz: “This initial investigation proves with no doubt that we did not target the house. The cause of the death of this Palestinian family was solely the explosion that occurred from the backpacks that were full of explosives that these terrorists carried on their backs.”