Quoting local sources, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that 13 people were killed and several others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a home belonging to the "Shahin" family in the southern area of Deir al-Balah city in the central Gaza Strip.

Among the dead were six women and four children, health officials said, as negotiators try to conclude a deal to end the 15-month war.

Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip have killed at least 18 people overnight, including women and children