An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced families in northern Gaza killed at least 23 people, while another hit a children's hospital, local health officials said.

At least 10 people have been killed in an Israeli attack that sparked a fire at a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza City, including one child who was burned to death in the blaze. The Palestinian Civil Defence said its emergency workers recovered 10 bodies early on Wednesday morning from the scene of the school attack,

Israeli strikes have killed at least 17 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children, and destroyed bulldozers and other heavy equipment that had been supplied by mediators to clear rubble.