Gaza civil defence says toddler among 10 killed in Israeli strikes

Gaza's civil defence agency said on Tuesday that a toddler was among 10 people killed in separate Israeli strikes in the northern part of the besieged Palestinian territory.

Violence continues despite a ceasefire in the Gaza war that came into effect on October 10, with both Israel and Hamas regularly accusing each other of violations.

Mahmoud Bassal, spokesman for the civil defence agency, said "four people were killed, including a child and several others were injured... in a strike targeting a police vehicle" in Gaza City.

He identified the child as three-year-old Yahya al-Mallahi.

Gaza City's Al-Shifa hospital confirmed receiving the bodies of the dead.

In a statement, Gaza's interior ministry said Israeli warplanes had "targeted a police vehicle" in the city centre, "causing several deaths and injuries".

Bassal also said another person had been killed by Israeli fire in the northern Beit Lahia area earlier on Tuesday.

The military claimed in a statement that its troops had identified an "armed terrorist" in the area of the so-called Yellow Line - behind which its forces have withdrawn - who approached their position.

The army said he was killed in a strike, but it was unclear whether that referred to the same incident as in Beit Lahia.

On Wednesday the military said it had struck "Hamas terrorists" in a truck the day before.

AFP footage showed Palestinians gathering around the body of a man who was then placed on a stretcher and carried away to be buried through streets lined with rubble.

On Tuesday evening, the civil defence agency reported that multiple people were killed in another strike near an intersection in the Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City.

The Al-Shifa hospital confirmed receiving five bodies from an Israeli bombing in Al-Shati.

The military did not offer an immediate response regarding that latest strike.

At least 757 have been killed in Gaza since the truce came into effect, according to the Gaza's health ministry.

The Israeli army says five of its soldiers have been killed in Gaza over the same period.