At least three people killed in Israeli strike on central Gaza camp

Palestinian medical officials say an Israeli strike hit a tent sheltering a displaced family in the central part of the Gaza Strip which killed at least three people, including the parents of twins.

The strike took place late on Sunday in the urban Nuseirat refugee camp, which was established in 1948 to house Palestinian refugees from the war out of which the Israeli state was established. The twin children, aged 10, were treated for serious injuries at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the nearby city of Deir al-Balah.

At least 24 people were wounded and taken to the Awda hospital in Nuseirat, said Mohamed Muhareb, head of the hospital’s ambulance service. The details of the casualties were listed in hospital records.

The Israeli military, meanwhile, says it only targets militants and accuses them of hiding among civilians.

There are also initial reports of an Israeli attack on the Chenchar area in Homs’ southern countryside in central Syria, according to the country’s state news agency.

In the meantime, the United Nations children’s agency says the war between Israel and Hezbollah has killed more than 200 children in Lebanon so far.

They include seven children who were among 23 people killed in an Israeli airstrike in northern Lebanon on Sunday.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) reported that around 50 rockets have been launched from Lebanon into northern Israel, injuring a 40-year-old woman.

It comes as Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar says there has been “progress” on a ceasefire settlement with Lebanon, and that Israel is “working with the Americans on the issue.”

Saar told reporters in Jerusalem that Israel will agree to a deal if Hezbollah agrees to retreat to beyond the Litani River, as stated in the UN resolution 1701.

The IDF also says it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, which the Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for.

A Houthi military spokesman made the claim in a pre-recorded video message, claiming that the rebels launched a Palestine-2 ballistic missile he described as a “hypersonic” toward a military base.

The Israeli military said it “intercepted one projectile that approached Israel from the direction of Yemen.” The Israelis also said the fire did not enter Israeli territory.