Son of Hamas chief negotiator killed in ‘Israeli’ strike on Gaza

Gaza health officials said ‘Israeli’ strikes killed six people across the Palestinian territory on Wednesday, including the son of Hamas's chief negotiator, and wounded several others.

Despite an October ceasefire, Gaza remains gripped by daily violence as ‘Israeli’ strikes continue, with both the military and Hamas accusing one another of violating the truce.

"Five people have been killed since this morning in strikes by the occupation on the Gaza Strip," the civil defence agency said.

Gaza City's Al-Ahli hospital reported receiving "three dead and a number of wounded following an Israeli drone strike on the Zeitoun neighbourhood, southeast of Gaza City".

A separate strike on the Al-Daraj neighbourhood of Gaza City killed one person and wounded 10 others, including the son of Hamas's chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya, the hospital and a security source said.

Azzam Khalil Al-Hayya has “succumbed to wounds sustained in an occupation strike near the Jabalia bus station in Gaza City last evening," according to Palestinian reports. 

Two more people were killed and more than a dozen wounded in ‘Israeli’ attacks in other parts of the territory, the civil defence agency and hospitals said.

One of the two was a police officer, according to a security source.

The ceasefire has largely halted the Gaza war.

But violence has persisted, with at least 837 Palestinians killed since the truce began, according to Gaza's health ministry, whose figures are considered reliable by the United Nations.

Over the same period, the ‘Israeli’ military said five soldiers have been killed in Gaza.