Israeli strikes kill at least seven Palestinians, including father and son, in Gaza

Israeli forces killed at least seven Palestinians on Tuesday, according to local health officials. Medics said a father, Fadi Rajab, and his 13-year-old son, Abubakr, were killed when an airstrike hit the roof of a displacement shelter in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood. A third Palestinian died in an airstrike near a school in the Daraj neighbourhood, officials added. In Khan Younis, gunfire from Israeli troops killed a man, medics reported. Later, an Israeli airstrike struck a metal foundry in Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood, killing three people and bringing the day's death toll to at least seven. The Israeli military said it targeted militants in the Zeitoun and Daraj areas but gave no further details and did not comment on the incidents in Khan Younis or Sabra. The conflict follows a U.S.-brokered ceasefire that has seen limited progress on reconstruction and unresolved negotiations over Hamas disarmament and Israeli troop withdrawals. Health officials in the territory say the overall death toll since the ceasefire began exceeds 1,600 Palestinians, while Israel reports four soldiers killed.