The twins have life-threatening injuries, including a lost hand and a hole in the bowel. Photo: AP PHOTO

The Shorbasi family's ceasefire homecoming to their severely damaged house in Gaza City has been marred by tragedy after six-year-old twins mistook unexploded ordnance for a toy and suffered life-threatening injuries in a blast.

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The boy, Yahya, and his sister, Nabila, had discovered a round object while playing outside. One touch, and it went off.

"It was like a toy," their grandfather, Tawfiq Shorbasi, said of the unexploded ordnance, after the children were rushed to Shifa hos

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