Mourners react as they attend the funeral of Palestinians who, according to medics, were killed in overnight Israeli strikes, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on Thursday.

A pair of Israeli strikes in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis early Thursday killed five people, according to hospital officials, bringing the death toll from air strikes in the Palestinian territory over a roughly 12-hour period to 33. The strikes have been some of the deadliest since Oct. 10 when a U.S.-brokered ceasefire came into force.

The renewed escalation came after Israel said its soldiers had come under fire in Khan Younis on Wednesday. Israel said no soldiers were killed and responded with strikes.

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