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Israeli fire kills five people in Gaza, including a child, medics say

A Palestinian boy runs past the site of an Israeli strike on an apartment in Gaza City, June 20, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
A Palestinian boy runs past the site of an Israeli strike on an apartment in Gaza City, June 20, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas Reuters

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CAIRO - Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least five people, including a child, in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, health officials said.

An Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinians, including two women and a child, in an apartment building in Gaza City, health officials said. The attack on the building in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City destroyed the apartment and wounded several other people, medics added.

In another incident, Israeli forces shot and killed a woman in Beit Lahiya town further north, said medics.

The Israeli military did not immediately comment on either incident.

An October ceasefire may have halted major fighting between Hamas and Israel, but it has failed to end Israeli attacks.

Gaza's health ministry said more than 1,010 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli fire since the ceasefire. Four Israeli soldiers were killed by militants in Gaza over the same period.

Israel says its strikes are aimed at thwarting imminent attacks by Hamas and other militants. Hamas rarely discloses information about deaths of its fighters.

Israel and Hamas remain deadlocked over how to proceed with the next stage of Trump's Gaza plan, which involves Hamas laying down its arms and Israeli withdrawals.

(Reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi; Editing by Jan Harvey)

Copyright Reuters or USA Today Network via Reuters Connect.

This story was originally published June 20, 2026 at 8:03 AM.

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