An Israeli strike on Palestinian territory has killed five people including two children, Gaza’s civil defence agency told AFP on Wednesday.

“Five citizens, including two children, killed and others injured, some seriously, as a result of an Israeli missile strike,” in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, civil defence spokesperson Mahmud Bassal told AFP.

The agency said the strike hit near the Kuwaiti field hospital in Khan Younis and “targeted” a shelter camp.

The hospital said the five people killed included two children aged eight and 10, and another 32 people were wounded.

The Israeli military said it had struck a “Hamas terrorist” in southern Gaza in response to a clash with Palestinian militants in the area that left five soldiers wounded.

A fragile US-brokered ceasefire that came

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