Gaza’s civil defence agency has said Israeli forces have killed six Palestinians in separate incidents while the military reported its troops had opened fire on suspects who approached their positions, AFP reports.

Mahmud Bassal, spokesman for the civil defence agency, which operates as a rescue force under Hamas, said five people were killed as they inspected their homes in the Shujaiya district of Gaza City.

In a similar incident, Bassal said an Israeli drone strike killed one person when it targeted a group of civilians in the town of Al-Fukhari, southeast of Khan Younis city.

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