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Israeli attacks killed at least six people in Gaza, including a nine-year-old girl, Hamas-backed health officials said, as mediators held more talks to safeguard the US-brokered ceasefire.Medics said Israeli gunfire directed at a tent encampment on the eastern side of the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza killed 9-year-old Tala Abu Matar.
The Israeli military said it was not aware of the incident.An airstrike at a metal foundry in Gaza City's Sabra neighbourhood killed four people.Witnesses ‌said the site was hit with ⁠three Israeli missiles.Israel's military said it had struck "terrorist" infrastructure, without giving further details.Separately, the military said that since Thursday its forces had killed at least two Hamas fighters in northern Gaza who were planning attacks on its troops.Meanwhile an Israeli strike at a tent encampment in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis, ‌in the south, killed at least one person and wounded several others, including children, medics said.Israel's military did not immediately comment.
The ceasefire agreed ⁠in October 2025 between Israel and Hamas halted major fighting in the enclave, but it ‌has failed to stop Israeli attacks that have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians since ⁠it took effect. ‌Five Israeli soldiers have been killed by militants in Gaza over the same period.The latest violence comes as Hamas leaders visited Cairo for further talks over implementing the second phase of US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan.The ⁠discussions include Hamas disarmament and Israeli army withdrawals, according to sources close to the talks, adding that there had ⁠not yet been a breakthrough.Nearly all of Gaza's two million people, most of whom have been displaced several times, now live on a tiny strip of land along the coast, mainly in makeshift tents or damaged buildings, under Hamas control.Hamas-led fighters killed 1,200 people during their cross-border attack into Israel on 7 October, 2023, according to Israeli tallies.The health ministry in Gaza says more ‌than 73,000 Palestinians have been killed in the territory since then.The ministry operates under Hamas authority, and its figures are considered reliable by the United Nations.Restrictions imposed on media outlets and limited access to Gaza prevent media outlets from independently verifying tolls or freely covering the violence.