CAIRO (Reuters) – An Israeli air strike targeting the town of Al-Faluja, 30 km (18 miles) northeast of Gaza City, has killed prominent Palestinian scientist Sufyan Tayeh and his family, the Palestinian Higher Education ministry announced on Saturday.
Tayeh, who was president of the Islamic University of Gaza, was a leading researcher in physics and applied mathematics.
(Reporting by Ali Sawafta, Ahmed Tolba; Writing by Adam Makary; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
