Six Palestinians killed in fresh Israeli strikes across Gaza Strip
Nasser Medical Complex said three people, including a woman, were killed near an aid distribution centre north of Rafah in southern Gaza.
In another attack, a source at the Baptist Hospital reported that a young man was killed and several others injured in an Israeli air strike on Jabalia al-Balad in the north of the territory.
Meanwhile, two more Palestinians were killed in a separate bombing near Al-Zahraa School, east of Gaza City, the same hospital confirmed.
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