At least five Palestinians were killed, including two local journalists, and others wounded on Saturday in an Israeli strike on Gaza's northern Beit Lahiya town, medics told Reuters, as Hamas' leaders hold Gaza ceasefire talks with mediators in Cairo.

The announcement signaled a breakdown in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal, the first phase of which expired Saturday with no clear next steps.

The first phase of the truce expired on March 1 without agreement on the next steps, although both Israel and Hamas have refrained from resuming hostilities

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At least nine Palestinians were killed, including two local journalists, and others wounded in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza's northern Beit Lahiya town, Gaza's health ministry said, as Hamas' leaders hold Gaza ceasefire talks with mediators in Cairo.

At least five Palestinians were killed after the Israeli military launched renewed attacks in Gaza City, in its latest violation of the ceasefire. A medical worker at Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital confirmed receiving the bodies of four Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli drone strike on the Zeitoun neighbourhood,