Israeli fire kills father and son in Gaza, medics say

Israeli forces killed at ​least three Palestinians, including a father ​and his 13-year-old son, in ‌the ​Gaza Strip on Tuesday, local health officials said. Medics said Fadi Rajab and his son Abubakr ‌were killed in an airstrike that hit the roof of a displacement shelter in the Zeitoun neighbourhood in Gaza City, while a third person was killed ‌by gunfire in Khan Younis, in the south of the ‌enclave.

The Israeli military did not immediately comment on either of the incidents. A US-brokered ceasefire last year called for the eventual reconstruction of Gaza, but little progress has been ⁠made. Negotiators have ​failed to ⁠agree on terms for Hamas to disarm or for Israel to withdraw its troops, which ⁠control about two-thirds of the territory and from which residents have been ordered to ​leave.

Israel says Hamas is trying to regroup and refill its arsenal, ⁠while Hamas says it is committed to the ceasefire agreement and accuses Israel of ⁠trying ​to undermine it. At least 1,600 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since the ceasefire agreement, according to the territory's health ⁠officials, while Israel says four soldiers have been killed.

Palestinian authorities say more ⁠than 74,000 people ⁠have been killed in Israel's assault on Gaza, launched after Hamas-led fighters killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel on ‌October ‌7, 2023.