"...no other individuals were present at the time of the strike."
Speaking from the town's main hospital on Thursday, Dr Mushtaq Talib said three women and five children were killed and another 15 were injured.
The victims, from just three families, were taking shelter in a couple of houses that were completely destroyed during the third successive night of air strikes, locals said.
Families living in the northern Nuwab al-Dhubat quarter were particularly shaken after the attack after whole houses became holes in the ground.
Local journalists report that the areas attacked are not only crowded, but that no armed men were in the district at the time of the attack.
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The humanitarian situation is also reported to be deteriorating fast as hospitals in the area continue to suffer major shortages in medical supplies.
Dr Talib showed journalists bloodied children laying on hospital beds from the previous night's attack.
Speaking from the town's main hospital on Thursday, Dr Mushtaq Talib said three women and five children were killed and another 15 were injured.
The victims, from just three families, were taking shelter in a couple of houses that were completely destroyed during the third successive night of air strikes, locals said.
Families living in the northern Nuwab al-Dhubat quarter were particularly shaken after the attack after whole houses became holes in the ground.
Local journalists report that the areas attacked are not only crowded, but that no armed men were in the district at the time of the attack.
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The humanitarian situation is also reported to be deteriorating fast as hospitals in the area continue to suffer major shortages in medical supplies.
Dr Talib showed journalists bloodied children laying on hospital beds from the previous night's attack.
Aljazeera 09.Sep.04
