Israeli attacks kill six in Gaza Strip, including girl, officials say
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- Israeli attacks in Gaza killed at least six people Sunday, including a 9-year-old girl, Palestinian officials reported.
- The military stated it struck a weapons production facility, calling it a Hamas violation of a US-brokered ceasefire.
- Mediators continue talks for the ceasefire's second phase, which includes Hamas disarmament and Israeli withdrawals.
Israeli attacks killed at least six people in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, including a 9-year-old girl, according to Palestinian health officials. Mediators are engaged in further talks to secure the US-brokered ceasefire.
Medics reported that Israeli gunfire at a tent encampment in the Al-Bureij refugee camp killed 9-year-old Tala Abu Matar. The Israeli military stated it was unaware of this specific incident. In Gaza City's Sabra neighborhood, an air strike hit a metal foundry, killing four people. Witnesses described the site being hit by three Israeli missiles. The Israeli military claimed it struck Hamas militants operating within a weapons production facility, which it deemed a violation of the ceasefire by Hamas.
The Israeli military said it was not aware of the incident.
Separately, the military announced that its forces killed at least two Hamas fighters in northern Gaza since Thursday who were reportedly planning attacks. Later on Sunday, an Israeli strike in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis killed at least one person and wounded several others, including children, according to medics.
in what it described as a violation of the ceasefire by the Islamist faction.
The ceasefire, established in October 2025, has not stopped Israeli attacks that have resulted in over 1,000 Palestinian deaths since its implementation. Four Israeli soldiers have been killed by militants in Gaza during the same period. These recent hostilities coincide with Hamas leaders visiting Cairo for discussions on the second phase of a Gaza peace plan. Sources close to the talks indicated that progress has been limited, with negotiations covering Hamas disarmament and Israeli army withdrawals.
Hamas identifies Israel's ceasefire violations as a primary obstacle to implementing the second phase of the plan. The majority of Gaza's 2 million residents are displaced and live in makeshift tents or damaged buildings along a narrow coastal strip under Hamas control. Hamas-led fighters killed 1,200 people in their October 7th, 2023, cross-border attack into Israel, according to Israeli figures. The Gaza health ministry reported over 73,000 Palestinian deaths since then.
who were planning attacks on its troops.
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