Palestinians mourn mother and all her six children killed in an Israeli strikebr br An Israeli airstrike in central Gaza has claimed the lives of 11 Palestinians, including a mother and her six children, as reported by the Palestinian Ministry of Health.br br At Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, women and children were seen crying over the dead.br br The war erupted on Oct. 7 when Hamas fighters rampaged into Israel, killing around 1,200 people and seizing around 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.br br Israel's subsequent military campaign has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, according to Palestinian health authorities, and reduced much of Gaza to rubble. Israel says it has killed 17,000 Hamas fighters.