Israeli strikes killed at least five Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, health officials in the enclave said, and the Israeli army, which resumed attacks against the territory, said it targeted an alleged Hamas military site in the north.
Three people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Sabra suburb in Gaza City, while another airstrike left two men dead and wounded six others in Beit Hanoun town in the north, the Gaza health officials said.
The Israeli military said it struck a Hamas site in northern Gaza, where they claimed that they detected preparations for firing into Israeli territory.
Israel resumed airstrikes a day earlier as both sides traded blame over breaking a ceasefire and shattering nearly two months of relative calm.
Israeli naval vessels attacked several boats it said were intended to carry out “terrorist” acts by Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups.
Palestinians said an Israeli drone fired at several fishing boats onshore of Gaza City, setting several of them ablaze.
A woman gestures as Palestinians leave Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip [Getty]
