© AFP Photo / Thomas CoexPalestinians remove debris as they search for bodies at a beach cafe hit the previous night by an Israeli air strike while people were watching the World Cup semi-final football match, on July 10, 2014 in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis
The victims were sitting in a beach café in Khan Yunis when the Israeli F-16 fighter jet struck it. None of those killed had been warned, according to Gulf News sources. However, this information could not be independently verified.
After the strike, there was nothing left of the popular seaside café.
"It was a normal social occasion," a local policeman employed by the Palestinian Authority, Wael Soboh, told AFP. "The boys ate their Ramadan iftar meal here, and then began watching the match. It is not a military area."
Eight of the victims were killed immediately, according to medical sources. The ninth body was initially suspected to be buried in the sand. However, Gaza's emergency services later said it had located the body.
© AFP Photo / Thomas CoexPalestinians use a bulldozer to remove debris of a beach cafe hit last night by an Israeli air strike while people were watching the World Cup semi-final football match, on July 10, 2014 in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis
In a separate strike on Khan Yunis early Thursday morning, eight members of one family - including five children - were killed in an airstrike. Khan Yunis is located in the south of the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian death toll rose to 88 as Israel's Operation Protective Edge continued for the third day, according to the UN. At least 18 children have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the operation began. A further 339 people have been injured, many of them civilians.
© AFP Photo / Thomas CoexPalestinians search for bodies at a beach cafe hit the previous night by an Israeli air strike while people were watching the World Cup semi-final football match, on July 10, 2014 in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis.
Will they clap, if a fireball comes over their head like people who danced when alien space ship comes in "Independence day" movie?. Most probably yes as they don't have any thing other than reaction machine with suppressed emotions.