The new strike on the tent housing displaced people that killed the mother and children occurred in the central city of Deir al-Balah, according to al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. 

A strike in the Jabalia area of northern Gaza killed at least five, including two women and a child, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.

Further details also emerged of the local doctor who lost nine of her 10 children in an Israeli strike on Friday.

Only one of pediatrician Alaa al-Najjar's 10 children survived the Israeli strike on their home Friday near the southern city of Khan Younis. 

Both the 11-year-old and al-Najjar’s husband, also a doctor, were badly hurt.

The charred remains of the other children were brought to the morgue in a single body bag, said a fellow pediatrician at Nasser Hospital, Alaa al-Zayan.

The home was struck minutes after Hamdi al-Najjar had driven his wife to the hospital. His brother Ismail al-Najjar, was first to arrive at the scene.

“They were innocent children," the brother said, with the youngest 7 months old. "And my brother has no business with (Palestinian) factions.”

Israel has killed at least 3,785 people since Israel it ended a ceasefire and renewed its war on Gaza in March.

The offensive has destroyed vast areas of Gaza and displaced around 90% of the territory's population, often multiple times.

The Israeli occupation forces also blocked the import of all food, medicine and fuel for 2 1/2 months before letting a trickle of aid enter last week, after experts' warnings of famine and pressure from some of Israel's top allies. 

Tel Aviv has been pursuing a new plan to tightly control all aid to Gaza, which the United Nations has unequivocally rejected.

Israel also says it plans to seize full control of Gaza and force the migration of much of its population of over 2 million Palestinians, a plan rejected by Palestinians and the international community, as a violation of international law.

* This story was edited by Ahram Online.

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