Girl, 9, among at least six killed in Israeli Gaza attacks - say Palestinian officials

A nine-year-old girl was among at least six people killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza on Sunday, according to Palestinian health officials.

Medics said the child, Tala Abu Matar, died after Israeli gunfire was directed at a tent encampment on the eastern side of the al Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.

The Israeli military said it was not aware of the incident.

Four people died after an airstrike at a metal foundry in Gaza City's Sabra area, which witnesses said was hit with three Israeli missiles.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said 14 people injured in the attack were taken to al Saraya field hospital.

Israel's military said it had struck "terrorist" infrastructure, without giving further details, and separately said that since Thursday its forces had killed at least two Hamas fighters in northern Gaza who were planning attacks on its troops.

Medics said there was a further Israeli strike attack on a Gaza tent encampment on Sunday, at the Mawasi area of Khan Younis, in the south. They said it killed at least one person and wounded several others, including children.

Israel's military are yet to comment on the incident.

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More than 1,000 Palestinians and four Israeli soldiers have been killed since the October 2025 ceasefire between Israel and Hamas halted major fighting.

The latest Israeli attacks came as Hamas leaders visited Cairo for further talks over implementing the second phase of US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan.

The discussions include Hamas disarmament and Israeli army withdrawals, according to sources close to the talks, who said there had not yet been a breakthrough.

Nearly all of Gaza's two million ⁠people, most of whom have been displaced several times, now live on a tiny strip of land along the coast, mainly in makeshift tents or damaged buildings, under Hamas control.

Hamas-led fighters killed 1,200 people during their cross-border attack into Israel on 7 October 2023, according to Israeli tallies.

More than 73,000 Palestinians have been killed in the territory since then, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry. The figures are widely accepted by the UN and international aid agencies.

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