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Israeli fire kills seven people, including two children, in Gaza

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Israel has repeatedly carried out strikes in Gaza since a US-mediated ceasefire with Hamas was reached last October

(Reuters) - Israeli ‌airstrikes and gunfire killed at least seven Palestinians, including two children, aged 10 and 6, in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, health officials there said.

Medics said an ​Israeli airstrike killed one person near a school in Gaza City. ​Twelve people were wounded in the two incidents. The Israeli ⁠military said it struck militants in Gaza City, but was unaware of ​casualties.

Another Israeli airstrike hit a tent for displaced people in the Mawasi ​area in Khan Younis, in the south of the enclave, killing at least four people including a 10-year-old child.

Later on Wednesday, Palestinian health officials said a 6-year-old boy ​was killed by Israeli gunfire in the Zeitoun neighbourhood in Gaza City. ​Another strike hit a vehicle westward of the city killing one person, medics said, ‌taking ⁠Wednesday's death toll to at least seven.

The Israeli military didn't immediately comment on any of those incidents.

Israel has repeatedly carried out strikes in Gaza since a US-mediated ceasefire with Hamas was reached last October, saying it is ​targeting militants who ​threaten its forces ⁠or who took part in the October 2023 attack on Israel.

Hamas has accused Israel of violating the ceasefire. ​Nikolay Mladenov, US President Donald Trump's appointed Board of ​Peace envoy ⁠to Gaza, has said both sides have violated the agreement.

Since the ceasefire took effect nine months ago, more than 1,070 Palestinians, many of them civilians, ⁠and four ​Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza, ​according to figures released by the two sides. Hamas does not disclose the number of ​its fighters killed.

 

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