At least seven people were killed as a result of an Israeli airstrike that hit residential houses in Gaza City.

The planes of the Israel Defense Forces bombed the residential area of the eastern El-Zaytun district of the city, reports Al Jazeera.

Seven people, including five children, were killed as a result of the bombing, according to the Palestinian authorities.

Al Jazeera informed also about two dead and several wounded in Rafah, which is located in the south of the Palestinian enclave of Gaza Strip, on the border with Egypt. Two civilians were killed as a result of an attack by the Israeli army on a civilian vehicle