Brother and sister gunned down as they collected washing

A Palestinian brother and sister, aged 13 and 16, were killed by Israeli fire in a Gaza refugee camp today as they took down the washing from a rooftop clothesline, their family said.

Ahmad Mughayer and his sister Asma died from shots fired by troops from the roof of an adjacent building, family members said. Each was killed by a bullet to the head, the relatives said.