Two Palestinian civilians were killed and several others injured in an Israeli airstrike near a mosque in the Shejaiya district of Gaza City, the Palestinian WAFA news agency reported on Friday.
The Israeli military said shortly afterwards that a group of militants had tried to plant an explosive device near an Israeli military position. The Israeli Air Force had bombed the militants to eliminate the threat to Israeli troops, the military said.
The information from both sides could not be independently verified.
A ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has been in place since January 19, but the first phase of the ceasefire deal ended on Saturday.
Indirect negotiations on the details of the second phase have not yet begun and it is therefore unclear how long both sides will continue to respect the ceasefire.
Palestinians perform the first Friday prayer of Ramadan at the Albanian mosque, which the Israeli army attacked and demolished. Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa
