Reply #26: I think you're misreading the OP [View All]

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The boy, his father and his uncle were killed in a strike on a pickup truck east of Gaza City. The airstrike today was intended for Palestinian rocket squads in northern Gaza.

I think the confusion stems from the fact that "Gaza" is used as shorthand for both Gaza City and the Gaza Strip. "Northern Gaza" seems to me to refer to the northern part of the Gaza Strip* - and Gaza City is in that northern portion.

*You generally don't refer to "northern <city name>". Consider, as an analogy, "northern New York" - barring other information, would you assume it refers to the northern part of Ney York State or New York City?