Five Palestinians killed from the same family

Israeli warplanes have pounded Gaza on Saturday, killing five Palestinians from the same family.

The Israeli military has said it has carried out more than 20 air strikes over Gaza today and that at least three rockets or mortar rounds had hit southern Israel.

Witnesses and Palestinian officials said two mosques were destroyed in the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza, while a third, in the Shati refugee camp, which has been subject to other attacks, was bombed again.

The deadliest Israeli air strike so far on Saturday levelled a home in Al-Zawayda in central Gaza, killing a couple, their sons aged three and four, and a 45-year-old aunt, medics said.

Another seven Palestinians were wounded in an Israeli strike that struck a house in Zeitun, east of Gaza City, medics said.