An Israeli drone strike in Jabaliya killed two Palestinians, while Iranian state TV reported three oil tankers were hit by naval mines near the Strait of Hormuz.
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An Israeli drone strike killed two Palestinians in Jabaliya, on the northern edge of Gaza City, on Saturday, according to Mohamed Abu Selmiya, director of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, where the casualties were taken.
Abu Selmiya said the drone struck two people walking down a street, and the American field hospital reported that several other people were wounded, though it did not provide a number.
When asked about the attack, the Israeli military said it had struck two Hamas militants in the area.
The developments come more than a year after Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire deal, with near-daily Israeli fire and airstrikes continuing in Gaza.
Gaza’s Health Ministry, part of the Hamas-run government, said at least 1,600 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire. It maintains detailed records that are seen as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and independent experts, but the ministry does not distinguish between civilians and militants in its toll and says women and children make up around half of those killed.
In a separate development, Iranian state TV reported that three oil tankers struck naval mines and caught fire around the Strait of Hormuz.
The report, citing statements from the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and the Iranian Navy, said two tankers were hit inside the strait, while a third was burning east of the chokepoint.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and Navy warned that ships using routes through the strait without Iran’s approval would face a similar fate.
The report did not provide details about casualties, the tankers’ nationalities or their destinations, and it said October recorded the highest number of incidents involving commercial ships in the contested waters since the war began in February.
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