Israeli air strike kills father and son in Gaza, medics say

Israeli forces killed at ‌least three Palestinians, including a father and his 13-year-old son, in the Gaza ‌Strip on Tuesday, local health officials said. Medics said Fadi Rajab (43) and ​his son Abubakr were killed in an air strike that hit the roof of a displacement shelter in the Zeitoun neighbourhood in Gaza City, ​while a third person was killed by gunfire in Khan Younis, in ⁠the south of the enclave. The Israeli military did ‌not ‌immediately ​comment on either of the incidents.

A US-brokered ceasefire last year called for the eventual reconstruction ⁠of Gaza, but ​little progress has been made. Negotiators ​have failed to agree on terms for Hamas ‌to disarm or for Israel to ​withdraw its troops, which control about two-thirds of the ⁠territory and from which ⁠residents ​have been ordered to leave. Israel says Hamas is trying to regroup and refill its arsenal, while Hamas says it is committed to the ceasefire agreement and accuses Israel of trying to undermine it.

At least 1,600 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in ‌Gaza since the ⁠ceasefire agreement, according to the territory’s health officials, while Israel says four soldiers have been killed. Palestinian authorities ‌say more than 74,000 people have been killed in Israel’s assault ​on Gaza, launched after Hamas-led fighters killed about ​1,200 people in southern Israel on October 7th, 2023. – Reuters