Israeli strikes kill 4 in Gaza, 2 in Lebanon

At least four Palestinians were killed on Thursday in Israeli air and artillery strikes on Gaza City despite an ongoing ceasefire, Palestinian sources said, reported Xinhua.

Local eyewitnesses told Xinhua that one Palestinian was killed and several others injured when an Israeli drone fired a missile at a tent sheltering displaced families at Gaza's seaport, west of Gaza City. The strike set the tent ablaze and damaged several nearby shelters.

In a separate incident, a Palestinian was killed in Israeli artillery shelling near Dawla Junction in the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, medical sources said.

Israeli forces also advanced overnight in the area and moved the so-called "yellow line" farther west, prompting residents to flee amid fears of further military operations, local sources said.

Later on Thursday, two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli drone strike near Al-Sanafour Junction in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, northeast of Gaza City.

The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the reported incidents.

Separately, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement on Thursday that it struck the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday and dismantled four weapons storage facilities allegedly belonging to Hamas.

Meanwhile, two people were killed on Thursday in an Israeli airstrike targeting the town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa in southern Lebanon, according to a source from the Lebanese Civil Defense.

A fire also broke out at the targeted site, which was later extinguished, the source told Xinhua.

Meanwhile, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported two consecutive Israeli airstrikes on Thursday afternoon targeting the outskirts of the al-Deir neighborhood in Nabatieh al-Fawqa.

It said an Israeli drone later launched a guided missile strike on the Ali al-Taher woodland area on the outskirts of the town, while another drone dropped a stun grenade over the southern town of Mansouri.

The latest strikes came just one day after representatives of Israel and Lebanon concluded their sixth round of U.S.-mediated talks in Rome aimed at advancing the implementation of a ceasefire arrangement and addressing border security issues.