An Israeli air strike has killed three Palestinian men in Gaza as they tried to gather firewood, medics said, with no sign of progress from renewed talks on sustaining a ceasefire deal between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas, Reuters reports.

In the latest bloodshed to underline the fragility of the Gaza war’s three-stage truce, the three, all from the same family, had left their homes in central Gaza to collect the wood for cooking.

That has become a daily task for many Gazans as Israel has continued to ban fuel, food, and medical goods from entering Gaza for over two weeks, residents said.

At Al-Aqsa Hospital in Gaza’s Deir Al-Balah, relatives rushed to pay farewell to the three white-shrouded bodies.

Later, medics said an Israeli air strike killed a father and his son inside a school sheltering displaced families in Bureij camp, near the site of the earlier strikes, raising the day’s death toll to five. There was no immediate Israeli comment.

Ismail Al-Thawabta, director of the Gaza government media office, said Israel’s “violations” could “undermine all efforts for de-escalation”.

He put the number of Palestinians killed since the January ceasefire at 150.

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