At least five Palestinians, including two children, were killed in an Israeli attack on tents housing displaced people in Al Mawasi, southern Gaza, on Wednesday night.
The strikes mark the latest violation of a US-brokered ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas that came into effect in October, aimed at ending two years of war that devastated the enclave.
The attacks came after the Israeli military accused the group of wounding four of its soldiers in southern Rafah, near Gaza's border with Egypt.
Several tents in the crowded Al Mawasi camp in Khan Younis were engulfed in flames after the strikes, according to Wafa news agency and footage from the attack. Medical sources at the Kuwaiti Hospital said some of the bodies arrived severely burnt.
In addition to strikes, Israeli tanks fired at people in other areas of southern Gaza, Wafa added. Hamas said the attack was a “war crime” that demonstrated Israel's “blatant disregard for the ceasefire agreement”.
Israel had also accused Hamas of violating the truce by attac
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