Israeli Strikes Kill 11 in Gaza, Including Children

Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed 11 people, including three children and their parents, on Saturday, according to Gaza's civil defence agency and local hospitals.

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas remains formally in place, but violence has continued across the territory as efforts to secure a permanent end to the war remain deadlocked.

According to Gaza's civil defence agency, an Israeli airstrike hit a residential apartment in northwestern Gaza City, killing a family of five—three children and their parents.

"The family's only surviving member is one child who was not inside the house at the time of the strike," civil defence spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal said.

Al-Shifa Hospital confirmed it had received the bodies of the five victims.

The Israeli military said it had carried out a strike in Gaza City targeting what it described as a Hamas militant, adding that it was assessing the outcome of the operation.

Residents said the strike came without warning.

"Suddenly there was a missile hitting the building. There was no warning," local resident Mousa Al-Aimawi said.

Another resident, Mohammed Kali, said he saw women, children and elderly people among the dead and wounded after the attack.

Later in the day, three more people were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a group of civilians in Gaza City's Zeitoun neighbourhood, according to the civil defence agency. Al-Shifa Hospital confirmed receiving the bodies.

A woman was also killed after artillery shelling struck a tent sheltering displaced families east of Zeitoun, while several others, including her daughter, were injured, officials said. Three people remained missing following the attack.

Health officials said two additional people were killed in separate Israeli strikes elsewhere in Gaza. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on those incidents.

According to Gaza's health ministry, at least 1,144 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire took effect last October. The Israeli military says five soldiers and one civilian contractor have been killed in Gaza during the same period.

Independent verification of casualty figures remains difficult because of restrictions on media access inside Gaza.