Gaza civil defence says Israeli strikes kill nine

Gaza's civil defence agency said that nine people were killed in Israeli strikes in the south of the Palestinian territory.

On Saturday evening, "Israeli strikes hit police posts... in the Al-Mawasi area" killing eight, said Mohammed al-Mughair, an official at the agency which operates under Hamas authority.

Another person was killed earlier "after being hit by fire from Israeli forces" at a roundabout in Khan Yunis, Mughair said.

According to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, a young girl was among the dead last night.

AFP images showed bodies being transported from the morgue of Nasser hospital in Khan Younis then laid out on the ground, wrapped in white shrouds.

During the funerals, one woman was screaming, surrounded by crying men and children.

"Each day, the enemy hunts down and kills," said Ahmed al-Sufi, a Palestinian who had lost family.

Asked about the strikes by AFP, the Israeli military did not immediately respond.