GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Four members of a Palestinian family from Gaza were killed and another two wounded in a car crash in Egypt on Wednesday, locals told Ma'an.

Khaled Lahham, 27, and relatives Yosra, 55, Amneh, 48, and Basmah, 25 all died in the accident in Asyut in central Egypt.

Family members Muqbel, 65, and Bilal, 23, were seriously wounded, locals said. The family is from Deir al-Balah in central Gaza and was traveling to visit relatives in Asyut;.