The targets hit over the last 24 hours included fighters, military infrastructure and weapons depots, according to a military statement, Al Jazeera reports.

In central Gaza, Israeli warplanes struck a “sniper post” and killed fighters there, according to the military, while ground troops killed a Hamas “rocket operative”.

Israel’s latest attacks across Gaza have also killed numerous civilians, including six women and children in an air attack on the Bureij refugee camp.