GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Gaza´s civil defence and health officials said Israeli attacks killed nine people in the Palestinian territory on Wednesday.
A ceasefire is in place in the Israel-Hamas war, but it has not ended the violence in Gaza and progress towards a final deal to end the war has stalled.
Mahmoud Bassal, spokesman for the civil defence agency, which acts as a rescue force under Hamas, said that the nine people were killed in Israeli attacks including airstrikes and gunfire.
Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza´s Khan Yunis reported receiving four people killed in an airstrike on a tent sheltering displaced people.
The victims were aged between 10 and 39, and included one woman, the hospital said.
The hospital also received the body of Ahmad Salim, a truck driver who was killed by Israeli fire in Al-Mawasi, in southern Gaza.
The Israeli military said Salim ran towards soldiers who were questioning other truck drivers, adding that troops opened fire at him “after perceiving an immediate threat”.
Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City said it received the bodies of two people: a child killed by Israeli fire east of the city and one killed in an airstrike west of the city.
Israel´s military said it was “not aware” of an airstrike in the area west of the city.
Al-Shifa Hospital also said it had received the bodies of two people killed in an Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in Gaza City. Israel´s military confirmed to AFP that it conducted an airstrike there. The military said it was looking into the other incidents.
