By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli military strikes across Gaza killed at least 27 people on Wednesday, Palestinian medics said, as international mediators stepped up efforts to seal a ceasefire and hostage exchange deal between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes have killed at least five people in the Gaza Strip, including two infants and a woman. One strike hit a home in the central city of Deir al-Balah, killing two men and a woman,

At least 19 Palestinians, including eight children, were killed in Israeli air strikes in southern Gaza overnight, local health officials say. A mother and her four children were reportedly killed when a tent camp for displaced people in al-Mawasi was hit, while another a couple and their children died in the nearby city of Khan Younis.

The Israeli military said it targeted militants who had taken part in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that sparked the war, without providing evidence.

Five children were killed as they sheltered together in the same tent in Muwasi, according to the director of the children's ward at Nasser Hospital in nearby Khan Younis.

The strikes tore into tents for displaced Palestinians, a car and two houses in the Khan Younis area, a local hospital said.View on euronews

An Israeli airstrike killed at least five children in a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza late Tuesday, the territory’s Health Ministry said. The Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is raging with no end in sight,