An Israeli airstrike killed four people in Gaza City. Officials say more than 1,400 have died there since last year’s ceasefire.
An Israeli airstrike killed at least four Palestinians in an apartment building in Gaza City early Saturday, the territory’s health officials said. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the strike.
The attack comes amid continued violence despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire that took effect in Gaza last October. Negotiators have not reached agreement on terms for Hamas to disarm or for Israeli forces to withdraw from the territory. Israel says Hamas has been rearming and launching attacks in violation of the ceasefire, and has intensified strikes on the group in recent weeks; Hamas has denied attempting to rebuild its arsenal or carry out new attacks, and accuses Israel of undermining the agreement.
Gaza health officials say at least 1,400 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the ceasefire took effect last October, while Israel says four of its soldiers have been killed by militants in Gaza over the same period. The latest strike adds to a pattern of near-daily reported casualties in the territory despite the formal truce.
This report is based on information from Reuters.