Israeli airstrikes killed three people in Khan Younis, where a renewed offensive has displaced 75,000 people.
In Gaza’s city of Rafah, also in the south, the bodies of two people were recovered by paramedics, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
The strikes come amid a renewed push by the US, Egypt and Qatar for ceasefire negotiations, although Hamas has decline its attendance, arguing that the talks should be based on US President Joe Biden’s 31 May proposal.
In a joint statement the leaders of the UK, Germany and France said they endorsed the renewed initiative, saying “the fighting must end now, and all hostages still detained by Hamas must be released. The people of Gaza need urgent and unfettered delivery and distribution of aid”.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed 39,790 people and injured a further 92,000, leaving much of the enclave destroyed and causing a humanitarian catastrophe for residents.
