Israeli strikes 'kill six' despite Hamas truce
At least six Palestinians have been killed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza, including two women, doctors say.
The Israeli strikes come hours after Islamist group Hamas said it had brokered a deal for Gaza's militant groups to stop firing on Israel.
On Thursday, members of its military wing hit an Israeli school bus with an anti-tank shell, injuring two people.
Yesterday's deaths raise to 10 the number of Palestinians killed since Thursday, amid the worst fighting since 2009.
Last night, Hamas - which governs the Gaza Strip - met with other militant factions and agreed to enforce a ceasefire if Israel also stopped firing.
However neither side seems to have stopped for long, says the BBC's Jon Donnison in Gaza City.
Israeli artillery fire and air strikes have been heard across Gaza throughout much of the day, our correspondent says, and at least six rockets were fired into Israel, hitting an area north of the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli police.
It is not clear whether the fresh violence signals an end to the truce, or whether the firing of rockets was carried out by a Palestinian splinter group that had not signed up to the ceasefire.
Militants from the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, hit the bus with an anti-tank shell.
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