GAZA CITY: Gaza’s civil defense agency told AFP on Wednesday that an Israeli strike on the Palestinian territory killed five people including two children. The Israeli military said it had struck a “Hamas terrorist” in southern Gaza in response to a clash with Palestinian militants in the area that wounded five soldiers. “Five citizens, including two children, killed and others injured, some seriously, as a result of an Israeli missile strike” in Al-Mawasi, west of Khan Yunis, civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP.

The strikes took place after the Israeli army said four of its soldiers were injured in clashes in Rafah.

Rescue workers say they recovered bodies from a camp for displaced people. The IDF says it "struck a Hamas terrorist".