At least nine people have been killed after Israeli air raids hit two homes in Jabalia and Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza and Rafah in the south, Al Jazeera reports.

Local sources told the Wafa news agency that Israeli warplanes bombed a home belonging to the al-Najjar family in Jabalia, killing three civilians and wounding others.

An air strike hit a house in Beit Lahiya, killing five more Palestinians and injuring others.

In Rafah, one Palestinian was killed and two others were injured in an Israeli drone attack.

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