The Israeli army killed seven Palestinians in an airstrike on Tuesday night, targeting their tent in an area designated by Israel as a "safe humanitarian zone" in the southern Gaza Strip.

Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes have killed at least five people in the Gaza Strip, including two infants and a woman.

Palestinians held funeral prayers outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip on Sunday after officials said six people, including a teenager, were killed in two Israeli strikes the night before. The mother and grandmother of a 15-year-old boy who was killed peeled back the white funeral shroud and kissed his cheeks as they sobbed.

The new year brought more death for civilians in Gaza as Israel Defense Forces airstrikes resulted in 17 killed on Wednesday, according to Palestinian accounts.

The Israeli military said it targeted militants who had taken part in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that sparked the war, without providing evidence.

Gaza A wave of Israeli air strikes targeting the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours has killed at least 51 Palestinians as the war in the territory rages despite reports of recent progress in long-running talks aimed at a ceasefire and the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas.

The Israeli military launched a wave of raids across the occupied West Bank overnight and into Tuesday, killing at least three Palestinians who it said were militants.