Israeli air strikes and artillery barrages continued to pound the Gaza Strip overnight killing and wounding civilians amid reports that ceasefire talks were set to be revived on ending Israel’s war on the Palestinian territory, Al Jazeera reports.

The Palestinian state news agency, Wafa, reports that five people were killed, including three children, in an Israel bombardment in the Jabalia al-Balad area of northern Gaza.

One person was also killed and three wounded in an Israeli air attack that targeted as-Sikka Street, located to the east of the Jabalia refugee camp, which is also in northern Gaza, the Palestine Red Crescent Society reported.

Al Jazeera Arabic reports that Israeli artillery shelling has struck al-Nasr town, located northeast of Rafah city, while armoured military vehicles have entered the area.

Wafa also reports several casualties following an Israeli attack on the Daraj neighbourhood in Gaza City as well as artillery strikes on areas in Beit Lahiya city in north Gaza, and the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central region.