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Israel kills three in Gaza attacks, civil defence says

Israeli forces have continued to launch attacks in Gaza despite an October truce [Getty]

Israeli strikes on Gaza killed at least three people on Sunday, including a woman, the enclave’s civil defence agency said. 

Despite an October ceasefire, Gaza remains gripped by daily Israeli violence, while strikes and demolitions also continue. 

“Three martyrs and several others were injured following attacks by occupation forces in Gaza City and Khan Yunis,” said the agency.

Two men were killed when an Israeli drone fired a missile that “struck a group of civilians” near the Kuwait roundabout in the Zeitun neighbourhood of Gaza City, the territory’s largest urban centre, the agency reported.

Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital confirmed it had received the bodies.

In a separate incident, a woman was killed after being shot by Israeli forces in Khan Younis. Her body transferred to Nasser hospital, according to the agency.

The Israeli military said it was not aware of any incident involving the killing of a woman in Khan Younis, adding it was looking into reports concerning the deaths of the two men.

At least 811 Palestinians have been killed since the truce began, according to Gaza’s health ministry.

The Israeli military has reported five soldiers killed in Gaza since the start of the truce.

Israel has also restricted foreign journalists from entering Gaza, and has limited emergency aid from being delivered into the Strip, depsite international pressure to do so.