{"id":683893,"date":"2026-01-09T06:21:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T06:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/683893\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T06:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T06:21:14","slug":"at-least-13-killed-in-israeli-strikes-on-gaza-including-five-children-civil-defence-agency-says-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/683893\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 13 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, including five children, civil defence agency says | Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Gaza\u2019s civil defence agency said Israeli attacks in the Palestinian territory on Thursday killed at least 13 people, including five children, despite a ceasefire that has largely halted the fighting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Four people including three children were killed when a drone struck a tent sheltering displaced people in southern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/gaza\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaza<\/a>, agency spokesperson Mahmud Bassal told AFP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In the north of the Gaza Strip, an 11-year-old girl was killed near the Jabalia refugee camp and a strike on a school killed one person, while a drone near Khan Younis in the south killed a man, the agency added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Two more Palestinians in Gaza, including a child, were killed in other attacks, reported the agency, which operates under Hamas authority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">When asked by AFP, the Israeli military said it was checking the reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Later on Thursday evening, four more people were killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house in an eastern area of Gaza City, Bassal said, adding that rescue work to search for several people who were missing had begun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThe death toll has risen to 13 as a result of Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip since this morning in a clear violation of the ceasefire agreement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Earlier on Thursday, the Israeli military said a projectile was launched \u201cfrom the area of Gaza City toward the state of Israel\u201d but that it fell within the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cShortly after, the (military) precisely struck the launch point,\u201d it said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Since 10 October, a fragile US-sponsored truce in Gaza has largely halted the fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas, but both sides have alleged frequent ceasefire violations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem told AFP that the strikes in Gaza on Thursday \u201cconfirm the Israeli occupation\u2019s renunciation of its commitment to the ceasefire\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Israeli forces have killed at least 425 Palestinians in Gaza since the ceasefire took effect, according to Gaza\u2019s health ministry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">At least 21 people were killed on 22 November in Israeli strikes, making it one of the deadliest days in Gaza since the ceasefire came into effect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Israeli military said militants have killed three of its soldiers during the same period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gaza\u2019s civil defence agency said Israeli attacks in the Palestinian territory on Thursday killed at least 13 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