AN Israeli drone strike killed two Palestinian siblings, including a 15-year-old girl, in southern Gaza and wounded at least seven others, according to Nasser hospital, where the casualties were taken.
The strike targeted tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in the sprawling camp of Muwasi, killing 15-year-old Islam Moussa and her 30-year-old brother Abdullah Moussa on Saturday.
The Israeli military admitted it had struck the area of Muwasi, claiming it had targeted a Hamas militant but did not provide any evidence.
In the hospital’s courtyard, relatives wept over the bodies covered in white burial shrouds.
Also on Saturday, Palestinians reported hearing a loud boom in Gaza City.
The Israeli military struck a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians in western Gaza City, wounding at least 12 people, according to Shifa hospital.
The ambulance service of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said two people were critically wounded and the majority of those hurt were women.
Strikes continued on Saturday evening in central Gaza, with no immediate word of casualties. Israel’s military said it was checking on the reports.
Despite a fragile ceasefire reached in October that paused the heaviest fighting between Israel and the Hamas militant group, Israel continues to carry out near-daily strikes and shelling across the coastal enclave.
Since the ceasefire went into effect, Israel has killed more than 1030 people in Gaza, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, part of the Hamas-led government.
The ministry maintains detailed casualty records that are seen as generally reliable by United Nations agencies and independent experts. But it does not give a breakdown of civilians and militants.
The ministry last week said Israel has killed more than 250 children in Gaza since the ceasefire took effect.
A team of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations has accused Israel of deliberately shooting children in Gaza, and repeated an accusation that Israel has committed genocide in the territory.
Israel denies the UN's claim.
The Israel-Hamas war broke out on October 7, 2023, with a Hamas-led attack on southern Israel that killed some 1200 people and saw 251 taken hostage.
Israel’s retaliatory offensive in Gaza has killed more than 73,050 Palestinians, including those killed since the ceasefire, Gaza’s Health Ministry said.
