A senior figure in the armed wing of Hamas was among seven people killed on Thursday in a pair of Israeli airstrikes in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, a Hamas source said. The Israeli military and Hamas did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the incident.

The second phase of the ceasefire deal includes naming a panel of Palestinian technocrats to lead post-war Gaza.

Palestinians have accused Israel of repeatedly violating the Oct. 10 ceasefire that halted Israel’s brutal war that has killed more than 71,400 people, mostly women and children, and injured over 171,300 others since October 2023.

Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said the second phase entailed “demilitarization, technocratic governance, and reconstruction.”

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Two Israeli airstrikes killed five people, including a 16-year-old, in Deir al-Balah on Thursday, said local health authorities. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the incident.

Palestinians have accused Israel of repeatedly violating the October 10 ceasefire that halted Israel’s Gaza genocide that has killed more than 71,400 people, mostly women and children, and wounded over 171,300 others since October 2023.

Health officials say at least 13 people were killed by Israeli strikes across Gaza as U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce his Board of Peace to oversee the fragile ceasefire.

Fighting has largely abated since Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas agreed to a ceasefire in October, but Israel and Hamas have traded blame over the violations of the deal.

The military noted that it detected the launch coming from Gaza City and that it quickly responded by striking the source of the fire. The IDF began striking in Gaza after terrorists in Gaza attempted to launch a rocket at Israel on Thursday.

Israeli strikes killed at least 11 Palestinians in separate strikes in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, medics said, in what the military said came in response to a failed rocket attack by militants in the enclave.