AFP, Gaza City

Gaza health officials said Israeli airstrikes killed at least seven people on Tuesday, including five in one attack, in the latest violence to hit the territory despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Gaza remains gripped by daily violence, with both the Israeli military and Hamas accusing one another of violating the truce in effect since October 10.

“Five martyrs and several wounded were transferred (to hospital) after an Israeli airstrike targeted a group of citizens in eastern Al-Maghazi,” the civil defence agency, which operates as a rescue service under Hamas, said.

Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital and a Palestinian security source confirmed the incident and the casualties.

The Israeli military said it was checking the reports.

A witness told AFP that a group of armed men entered the Al-Maghazi refugee camp and broke into a house on Tuesday morning.

“Residents in the area noticed them and confronted them with stones and sticks, at which point an Israeli drone then fired a missile at the residents, killing five,” he said.

The witness, who declined to be named for safety reasons, added that the gunmen subsequently fled toward the border area east of the camp, which is under Israeli control.