A Palestinian child look on as men carry the body of a person killed in an Israeli military strike, during their funeral in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
A drone strike in the southern city of Khan Yunis shortly after midnight killed three people, Gaza's civil defence agency told AFP.
An air strike on a tent for displaced people west of Khan Yunis in the afternoon killed another person, the agency said.
Two others were killed by Israeli fire in separate assaults on the northern city of Beit Lahia, while a strike in central Gaza killed one more.
AFP footage from Khan Yunis on Friday showed men carrying the deceased through the streets wrapped in white plastic body bags before their loved ones paid their final respects.
"Israeli aircraft bombed them mercilessly, without warning, without knowing whether they were civilians or soldiers," said Ahmad Mohammad Joudeh, a Khan Yunis resident.
"You just need to move, to meet with your neighbour, to gather with friends late at night at one or three in the morning, and they will strike you," he added.
'Save us'
Maher Shabat, an eyewitness, described the moment the drone struck in the early hours of Friday.
"Young people started screaming, 'Save us! Save us!' We ran to reach them and arrived in that area, and they told us to go back, not to approach, because the drone was still overhead," he told AFP.
Israel has continued to carry out strikes in Gaza despite a ceasefire entering its second phase last month.
Israel has killed at least 628 Palestinians since the truce began, while a further 735 bodies have been recovered from the rubble of earlier bombardment.
Since Israel's genocidal war began in October 2023, Israeli bombardment has killed at least 72,095 Palestinians and wounded more than 171,784 others, most of them women and children.
*This story was edited by Ahram Online.
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