The attacks took place on Monday and were preceded by Israeli evacuation orders. The attacks targeted, among other things, a building in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, whose residents fled in panic.
Other areas in central Gaza and in Khan Yunis further south were also attacked. The Israeli military says it targeted, among other things, Hamas weapons depots, which are designated as terrorist.
Formally, there is a fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has backed away from the 15-point Gaza plan that the US negotiated last year. Israel says, among other things, that Hamas must be disarmed before the military is withdrawn.
As recently as last week, the US asked Israel to reduce attacks.
