Fresh Israeli airstrikes have killed at least two Palestinians in Gaza, territory health officials said, underscoring the fragility of a ceasefire that was meant to quiet the war.
Medics said an Israeli airstrike killed a man and wounded two children in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
The Israeli military told Reuters it had targeted a Hamas militant.
Another Israeli airstrike hit near a tent encampment housing displaced families, medics said, killing one person and wounding five others.
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.
A man passes rubble at a camp for people displaced by war in Gaza city
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 eight 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.
Israeli troops control more than 60% of Gaza, patrolling what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu describes as a buffer zone meant to deter Hamas attacks. Mr Netanyahu says Israel will not withdraw from the territory.
Israel’s devastating aerial and ground bombardment of Gaza displaced nearly the entire population of two million people, pushing most residents into tents or damaged buildings along a narrow coastal strip of territory governed by Hamas.
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