Israeli forces kill 13 in Gaza including 5 children

Israeli forces killed 13 Palestinians in Gaza on Thursday, including five children, in multiple attacks across the territory, Gaza's civil defence agency said, in the latest violation of the fragile three-month ceasefire.

Four people including three children were killed when a drone struck a tent sheltering displaced people in southern Gaza, agency spokesman Mahmoud Bassal told AFP.

In the north of the Gaza Strip, an 11-year-old girl was killed near the Jabalia refugee camp and a strike on a school killed one person, while a drone near Khan Yunis in the south killed a man, the agency added.

Two more Gazans, including a child, were killed in other attacks, the agency said.

Earlier on Thursday, the Israeli military said a projectile was launched "from the area of Gaza City toward the State of Israel" but that it fell within the Gaza Strip.

"Shortly after, the (military) precisely struck the launch point," it said in a statement.

Israel has violated the fragile US-sponsored truce in Gaza hundreds of times since it came into effect on 10 October.

Its forces have killed at least 425 Palestinians and injured 1,206 others in near daily attacks, according to the local health ministry.

Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem told AFP that the strikes in Gaza on Thursday "confirm the Israeli occupation's renunciation of its commitment to the ceasefire".

At least 21 people were killed on 22 November in Israeli strikes, making it one of the deadliest days in Gaza since the ceasefire came into effect.

The Israeli military said militants have killed three of its soldiers during the same period.

(AFP and TNA staff)