Israeli strikes kill 15 in Gaza; Cairo holds fresh talks with Hamas

Palestinians say Israel's military operations aim to clear people out to create buffer zone

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CAIRO - Israeli military strikes killed at least 15 people in Gaza on Dec 1, medics said, as Israeli forces kept up bombardments across the enclave and blew up houses on its northern edge.

In the central Gaza camp of Nuseirat, an Israeli air strike killed six people in a house, and another attack killed three people in a home in Gaza City, medics told Reuters. Two children were killed when a missile hit a tent encampment in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, while four other people were killed in an air strike in Rafah, near the border with Egypt, medics said.

Residents said the military blew up clusters of houses in the northern Gaza areas of Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun, where Israeli forces have been operating since October.