Israeli attacks in Gaza kill six people, including a girl: Medics
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A camp for people displaced by war in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 11. Medics said Israeli gunfire directed at a tent encampment of the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza killed a nine-year-old girl.
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- Israeli attacks on July 12 killed at least five people in Gaza, including a nine-year-old girl and four people in an air strike on a metal foundry.
- The October 2025 ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has not stopped Israeli strikes, which have killed over 1,000 Palestinians since its start.
- Hamas leaders are in Cairo discussing the second phase of the US Gaza peace plan, including disarmament and Israeli withdrawals, but no breakthrough has occurred yet.
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CAIRO – Israeli attacks killed at least six people in the Gaza Strip on July 12, including a nine-year-old girl, Palestinian health officials said, as mediators held more talks to safeguard the US-brokered ceasefire.
Medics said Israeli gunfire directed at a tent encampment on the eastern side of the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza killed nine-year-old Tala Abu Matar. The Israeli military said it was not aware of the incident.
An air strike at a metal foundry in Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood killed four people. Witnesses said the site was hit with three Israeli missiles.
Israel's military told Reuters it had struck "terrorist" infrastructure, without giving further details.
Separately, the military said that since July 9, its forces had killed at least two Hamas fighters in northern Gaza who were planning attacks on its troops.
Later on July 12, an Israeli strike at a tent encampment in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis, in the south, killed at least one person and wounded several others, including children, medics said.
Israel’s military did not immediately comment.
Talks deadlocked
The ceasefire agreed in October 2025 between Israel and Hamas halted major fighting in the enclave, but it has failed to stop Israeli attacks that have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians since it took effect. Four Israeli soldiers have been killed by militants in Gaza over the same period.
The latest violence comes 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, adding that 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 Oct 7, 2023, according to Israeli tallies. The Gaza Health Ministry said more than 73,000 Palestinians have been killed in the territory since then. REUTERS
