However, despite that justification, Israeli officials were forced to admit that another strike on Tuesday which killed eight members of the Kaware family – also in Khan Younis – was a "tragic mistake". Six children were among those killed when a missile struck the house soon after a warning telephone call had been placed by a member of the armed forces. Witnesses said the house – home to several generations of the one family – exploded less than a minute later. While some relatives had tried to leave the house, others had apparently headed for the roof to act as human shields.