Israeli strike in Gaza kills at least seven including four children

Palestinian girls at a food distribution centre in Khan Younis in Gaza on Friday Picture: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

An Israeli airstrike on a residential building in central Gaza killed at least seven Palestinians, including four children, and injured 16 other people on Friday afternoon, health officials said.

The strike hit an apartment in the Jaffa residential tower in the built-up Nuseirat refugee camp. The dead and wounded were taken to Aqsa and Awda hospitals.