Israeli forces have carried out a "targeted strike" on an individual in central Gaza who was planning to attack the army's troops, the military says.

A US-backed ceasefire is in force between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas more than two years after the war in the Gaza Strip began, but each side has accused the other of violations.

Israel said it had targeted a member of Islamic Jihad. The Palestinian militant group did not immediately comment on the assertion.

Witnesses told Reuters they saw a drone strike a car and set it ablaze. Local medics said four people were wounded, but there were no immediate reports of deaths.

Witnesses said separately that Israeli tanks had shelled eastern areas of Gaza City, the Gaza Strip's biggest urban area. The Israeli military did not

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