
An Israeli air strike on an apartment block in Gaza City's Al-Rimal neighbourhood killed 33-year-old Reem Asaad Awad and wounded two others.
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Talks aimed at advancing the second phase of a US-backed ceasefire plan have stalled.
An Israeli air strike on an apartment block in Gaza has killed a woman and wounded two other people, hospital officials said.
Reem Asaad Awad, 33, was killed in the attack early on Wednesday in the Al-Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City, the Turkish state news agency Anadolu reported, quoting a source at Al Shifa hospital.
The source said the strike caused extensive destruction to the targeted apartment and nearby buildings.
The daughter of the woman who was killed was rescued from a large fire that broke out after the attack.
Israel says it is investigating the strike and claims it targeted a member of Hamas, without providing evidence.
Reporting from Gaza City, Al Jazeera’s Ibrahim al-Khalili said the strike happened at 4am (01:00 GMT).
Israel has killed 1,501 Palestinians in Gaza since it agreed a “ceasefire” with the Palestinian group Hamas last October. The truce was part of a wider United States-backed proposal to end Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza.
Talks aimed at advancing to the second phase of the US plan, which includes the withdrawal of Israeli forces and the disarmament of Hamas, have stalled.
The agreement states that 600 trucks of humanitarian aid are to be allowed into Gaza each day, but Israeli authorities have continued to impose severe restrictions on supplies entering the enclave, and reconstruction of the war-shattered territory has not begun.

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