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Israeli fire kills five people in Gaza, including a child, medics say

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CAIRO, June 20 (Reuters) - ‌Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at ​least five people, including a child, in the Gaza Strip ⁠on Saturday, health officials said.

An Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinians, including two women and a child, in ​an apartment building in Gaza City, health officials said. ‌The attack on the building in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City destroyed the apartment and wounded several ⁠other people, medics added.

In another incident, Israeli ⁠forces shot and killed a woman in Beit Lahiya town further north, said medics.

The Israeli military did not immediately comment on either incident.

An October ceasefire ‌may have halted major fighting between Hamas and ⁠Israel, but it has failed to ‌end Israeli attacks.

Gaza's health ministry ​said more than 1,010 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli fire since the ceasefire. Four Israeli soldiers ‌were killed by militants in Gaza ​over the same ⁠period.

Israel says its strikes are aimed at ‌thwarting imminent attacks by Hamas ⁠and other militants. Hamas rarely discloses information about deaths of its fighters.

Israel and Hamas remain deadlocked over ​how to proceed ‌with the next stage of Trump's Gaza plan, which ⁠involves Hamas laying down ​its arms and Israeli withdrawals.

(Reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi; ​Editing by Jan Harvey)

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