Israeli air strikes have killed five people and wounded 18 others in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, local health authorities say, after Hamas and Israel accused each other of violating an increasingly fragile near six-week-old truce.

Medics said that one strike on a house in Bani Suhaila town east of Khan Younis killed three people, including a baby girl, and wounded 15 others while another killed a man and wounded three others in the nearby Abassan town.

Israel's military confirmed the strikes but said it was not aware of casualties.

Later on Thursday, Nasser Hospital officials said a fifth Palestinian was killed by Israeli gunfire in Abassan town too.

On Wednesday, Israel said it struck targets across the enclave after members of the Palestinian militant group fired on its t

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