Two Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli drone strike in Jabaliya, on the northern edge of Gaza City, according to hospital officials.
Mohamed Abu Selmiya, director of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, said the victims had been walking along a street when they were struck. An American field hospital said several other people were wounded, but did not give a figure.
The Israeli military said it had targeted two Hamas militants in the area.
Near-daily Israeli fire and air strikes have continued in Gaza more than a year after Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire deal. Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 1,600 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire.
The ministry, which is part of the Hamas-run government, keeps detailed records regarded as generally reliable by UN agencies and independent experts. It does not distinguish between civilians and militants, but says women and children account for about half of those killed.
The latest deaths came as dozens of mourners gathered in Jabaliya on Saturday evening to honour 70 people killed during the war whose remains had been recovered from the rubble in recent weeks.
The remains, draped in Palestinian flags, were laid out for the ceremony as relatives lit candles and said their final goodbyes. More than a dozen families had been waiting for their loved ones to be found.
Wael al-Dibs attended after the remains of his wife and other relatives were recovered. The remains of his three-year-old daughter have still not been found.
The war began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. Israel’s retaliatory offensive has since killed more than 74,600 people in Gaza, according to the territory’s Health Ministry.
