The Wafa news agency reports that Israeli forces launched a drone attack on farmers in the southern town of Abasan, near Khan Younis, killing at least two people and wounding several more.

Israeli forces also carried out air raids on Gaza City, targeting a group of civilians in Zeitoun neighbourhood and killing at least two people.

A separate Israeli attack on Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood killed at least two more people.

Wafa also provided more details on the person killed in al-Mawasi. It identified the victim as 23-year-old Waseem Abu Mousa.

The renewed attacks come as Netanyahu ordered the Israeli military to intensify the war on Gaza.

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