air strike
Example Sentences
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There was no claim of responsibility for the air strike.
From Reuters
The rescue force that operates in opposition-held parts of Syria said two unidentified people were hit in an air strike carried out by “an unidentified aerial drone.”
From Reuters
Local monitors had earlier reported the air strike but not the casualties, saying it took place near Syria’s border with Turkey.
From Reuters
On Wednesday, an air strike hit a maternity and children's ward at a hospital in the southern city of Mariupol.
From BBC
Three people including a child were killed in Wednesday's air strike on the maternity and children's hospital in the Ukrainian city, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday.
From Reuters
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