Israeli airstrikes killed five people and wounded 18 others in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, local health authorities said.

Medics said that one strike on a house in Bani Suhaila, a town just 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 town of Abassan.

Israel's military confirmed the strikes but said it was not aware of casualties. Hamas and Israel accused each other again of violating an increasingly fragile near-six-week-old truce.

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

Gaza's Health Ministry said at least 32 people have been killed in the past 24 hours, including 12 children

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