CAIRO - At least 10 Palestinians, including two children, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on two houses in the Nuseirat refugee camp and Deir Al-Balah city in the central Gaza Strip, medics told Reuters on Saturday.

At least 10 Palestinians were killed and dozens more were injured in Israeli airstrikes on the city of Deir al-Balah in the centre of the Gaza Strip, the official Palestinian WAFA news agency reported on Saturday.

An Israeli airstrike hit a municipal meeting in Gaza, killing at least 10 people, including local officials, a mother and her child. The attack struck a complex in Deir al-Balah during a meeting about receiving vehicles from the UAE.

The Israeli military says it was targeting gunmen operating from shelters and aid storage places. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Mourners in the Gaza Strip held funerals on Saturday for 19 people, including 12 children, who were killed in separate Israeli strikes on Friday and overnight.

An Israeli airstrike killed at least eight Palestinians in an apartment in Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza strip on Friday, medics said. Palestinian health officials told Reuters that Israeli military strikes across the enclave had killed a total of 15 people on Friday.