In the latest strikes, Israeli forces killed at least nine people, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. Israel says the militants threatened its forces.
Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday killed at least nine Palestinians, the Gaza Health Ministry said, the latest in a series of Israeli attacks on the enclave that have continued despite a roughly two-month-old truce with Hamas.
The military has been constantly striking Gaza since a ceasefire went into effect in mid-January. Israel accuses militants of threatening its forces by planting explosive devices, flying drones or approaching Israeli troop locations.
Hamas said the attacks had killed more than 150 people since the truce went into effect, at least some of them civilians. And it accused Israel of repeatedly violating the agreement by continuing military operations.
On Saturday, the Israeli military said it struck two militants who were operating a drone that posed a threat, and then struck a vehicle carrying others who had come to retrieve equipment to operate the drone. It did not specify how they posed a threat to Israeli forces.
Ismail Tawabteh, director general of the Hamas-controlled government media office in Gaza, said nine of the Palestinians killed in the strike worked for a charity. The identities and statuses of those killed could not be independently verified.
The Israeli military said earlier Saturday it had struck three militants in central Gaza who were attempting to plant explosive devices on the ground near Israeli soldiers. Officials at Gaza's Health Ministry did not respond to requests for comment.
