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STORY: At least 17 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded on Saturday in an Israeli strike in the Gaza town of Zawayda, according to health officials.

The strike comes as Israel issued new evacuation orders, citing Hamas rocket fire nearby.

Abu Ahmed Hassan, is a neighbor and witness who spoke to Reuters afterwards, saying:

"They were asleep in their beds, they were kids and babies, then three missiles targeted their place. The place is obvious and known, it's known that Abu Jawad is a fish and meat merchant. If they target merchants, what about other people!"

Most of the people killed in the strike were from the same family and included eight children and four women, according to health officials.

In response, the Israeli military said it had struck militant targets in an area from which rockets had been fired at its troops…

adding that the incident was under review.

Separately in Nuseirat, cameras captured the moment an Israeli strike hit a residential building...

as a man and child ran for cover

After the blast, Palestinians could be seen carrying the injured from the blaze in the central Gaza Strip.

With some attempting to put out the flames with buckets of water.

Most of Gaza's 2.3 million population has been displaced by the 10-month-old Israeli offensive.

The conflict began on Oct. 7 when Hamas fighters rampaged into Israel, killing around 1,200 people and seizing around 250 hostages according to Israeli tallies.

:: December 2023

:: Rafah, Gaza

Israel's subsequent military campaign has reduced much of Gaza to rubble and killed more than 40,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, according to Palestinian health authorities.

:: Zawayda, Gaza

Ceasefire talks in Doha, mediated by the United States, Qatar and Egypt, paused on Friday with negotiators to meet again next week.

:: File

Israel's negotiating team on Saturday expressed "cautious optimism" on the possibility of advancing a deal, according to a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office.