Gaza’s Hamas-run civil defense agency and health officials say Israeli attacks killed six people across the territory today.
A ceasefire is in place in the Israel-Hamas war, but it has not ended the violence in Gaza and progress towards a final deal to end the war has stalled.
Gaza’s civil defense says six people were killed in Israeli drone strikes and gunfire. Hamas’s figures are unverified and do not differentiate between civilians and combatants.
Two people were killed and several others injured when an Israeli drone struck central Gaza’s Nuseirat camp, the agency says, and four other people were killed in other attacks.
Gaza hospitals confirm receiving the bodies of six individuals killed in the attacks.
A security source in Gaza says an Israeli drone strike targeted the vehicle of Hazem Qassem, a spokesman for Hamas.
Qassem was not in the vehicle but the strike killed his bodyguard, the source says.
The bodyguard was among the six fatalities reported by the civil defense agency.
The IDF does not immediately respond when asked about the attacks.
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