An Israeli air strike has killed a man, his wife and their four children in Gaza City in the latest of Israel’s frequent deadly attacks on Palestinians in the devastated enclave, which have continued despite a US-backed “ceasefire” signed more than nine months ago.

The strike hit the al-Masri family home in the Sabra neighbourhood yesterday, killing Firas and Salsabeel al-Masri and their three daughters and son as the family was sleeping, health officials said.

The deaths add to a toll of more than 1,150 Palestinians, mostly civilians, killed by Israeli strikes since the “ceasefire” was agreed. The truce has halted full-scale fighting but not the near-daily Israeli strikes that have continued since.

The Israeli military confirmed the strike, saying it was targeting a Hamas member and was still looking into the results of the attack.

A video obtained by the Reuters news agency showed rescue workers struggling to put out fires in the house and bring out bodies in white shrouds.

Firas al-Masri’s father, Abu Yusuf al-Masri, ‌told Reuters the explosion took place as the family was asleep. “We were unable to save our grandchildren and children from the flames and the devastation. Around five or six were martyred, most of them children and women, without mercy and without any prior warning,” he said, standing outside the family house.

“There is no relative calm, and there is no safe place at all,” the grey-bearded man added.

Mediators – including Egypt, Qatar, Turkiye and the US – have been trying to advance US President Donald Trump’s plan for ending the conflict in Gaza, which calls for Hamas’s disarmament and Israeli withdrawals, but there has been little sign of progress.