Gaza rescuers report deadly strikes although clashes slow for Eid

Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Israeli strikes on Tuesday killed at least 13 people in central Gaza, the civil defence agency said, although fig...

Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Israeli strikes on Tuesday killed at least 13 people in central Gaza, the civil defence agency said, although fighting has largely subsided as Muslims mark Eid al-Adha.

An Israeli announcement at the weekend of a daily "pause" of military activity to facilitate aid flows coincided with the Muslim holiday and has brought relative calm to parts of the besieged Gaza Strip after more than eight months of war.

In central Gaza, witnesses reported gunfire and artillery shelling near Nuseirat refugee camp, where the civil defence agency said at least 13 people died in two separate strikes on a family home and on a commercial building.

Witnesses and the government media office said there were some strikes and fighting elsewhere in northern and central Gaza.

An AFP correspondent reported Israeli strikes near Gaza City, though the violence appears to have decreased in intensity in recent days.