Palestinian medics say an Israeli strike on a home in northern Gaza killed three siblings aged 6 and under.
They were among at least six people killed in Israeli strikes on Tuesday in the war-ravaged territory, where Israel has been at war with Hamas for more than 13 months.
The Gaza Health Ministry’s emergency service says the three children were killed in a strike on a home near a clinic in the urban Jabaliya refugee camp, where Israel has been waging an offensive for over a month.
In the central city of Deir al-Balah, a strike hit a tent in the western side of the city, killing at least two people, including a 15-year-old boy, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital said.
Another strike on a tent in the built-up Nuseirat refugee camp killed a man, the hospital said. An Associated Press journalist counted the three bodies at the hospital.
Israel says it only targets fighters and tries to avoid harming civilians. It accuses Hamas fighters of hiding among civilians in homes and shelters.
The military rarely comments on individual strikes, which often kill women and children.
The war began when Hamas-led gunmen stormed into Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking another 250 people hostage. Around 100 captives are still inside Gaza, a third of whom are believed to be dead.
Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed over 43,000 Palestinians, according to local health authorities. They do not distinguish between combatants and civilians in their count but say women and children make up more than half of those killed.
