Gaza: Five killed in Israeli air strikes on tents near Khan Younis, medics say

Rescue workers say they recovered bodies from a camp for displaced people. The IDF says it "struck a Hamas terrorist".

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The strikes hit Gaza's coastal al-Mawasi area.

Medical teams said the dead were two women aged 46 and 30, a 36-year-old man, and two boys, aged eight and 10.

Some 32 injured people were treated in hospital, the medics said.

Rescue workers told the BBC they recovered the bodies from al-Najaat camp, a cluster of tents that has housed hundreds of displaced people in recent months.