At least two children were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on Saturday morning. This is reported by the Associated Press, referring to Palestinian health officials.
Despite the cease-fire signed between Israel and Hamas in October, Israeli attacks occur almost daily in the Gaza Strip, as a result of which, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, more than 1,007 Palestinians have been killed.
On Saturday, an attack was made in the direction of one of the apartments in Gaza City at around 2 o'clock local time. The death toll could rise as rescue teams work to retrieve more bodies, the ministry said. There is no information yet on the number of injured.
The bodies of two sisters, 4-year-old Zina and 14-year-old Lana, were sent to the morgue of Shifa Hospital.
The Israeli armed forces did not immediately issue a statement, but said they were investigating the incident. Israel claims it is targeting Hamas and other militant groups that pose a threat.
Five Israeli soldiers have been killed since the ceasefire.
The war erupted when Hamas-led militants invaded southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. Israel's retaliatory military offensive in the Gaza Strip has since killed 73,018 Palestinians, including those killed since the ceasefire, Gaza's health ministry said on Saturday.
According to the Ministry of Health, about half of the registered deaths are women and children.
