Israeli air strikes on Gaza City and Nuseirat refugee camp kill at least eight Palestinians
Israeli drones targeted a group of civilians on al-Rasheed Street in Gaza City, leading to the death of five people and injuring several others.
Three more civilians were killed in another Israeli air strike on a tent in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
The official death toll in the Gaza Strip has reached almost 60,000 people.
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