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ISRAEL: What killed the Abu Mutiq family?

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Shortly after four Palestinian siblings and their mother died Monday in the midst of an Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, Israeli officials began disputing claims that a tank shell had struck the Abu Mutiq family home. See 6 killed in Israeli raid on Gaza.

Today Israel released footage meant to bolster its claim that the home was destroyed by a secondary blast--caused when the air force fired on two militants carrying explosives and approaching Israeli troops.

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Here’s the video, so take a look and let the debate commence.

—Ashraf Khalil in Jerusalem

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