CAIRO: Israeli airstrikes killed three Palestinians, including two brothers, in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, local health officials said.
Medics said one man was killed when an Israeli airstrike hit the rooftop of a residential building in Gaza City. Another airstrike in the nearby Sheikh Radwan neighborhood killed two brothers, Mahmoud and Jamil Al-Absi, at a tent housing displaced people.
Commenting on the two strikes, the Israeli military said it struck militants it described as terrorists in both areas, without giving further details.
A US-brokered ceasefire last year called for the eventual reconstruction of Gaza, but little progress has been made. Negotiators have been unable to agree on terms for Hamas to disarm or for Israel to withdraw its troops, which control about two-thirds of the territory — an area from which the military ordered residents to leave.
In Gaza City’s Sabra neighborhood, people inspected the site of a metal foundry and nearby tents following an airstrike that killed three people on Tuesday. The airstrike destroyed the metal foundry and set some tents ablaze.
“We came to find 3 meters of fire in the tents. (There are) no clothes for myself, no clothes for my children, and no clothes for my wife (left). All the clothes are completely gone,” said Hisham Abdou, 32, a displaced father of two.
