At least eight Palestinians were killed by the Israeli military in Gaza on Sunday, hospital sources told Al Jazeera.

An Israeli drone attack killed five people and wounded several others in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.

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There, Israeli forces targeted a number of police officers carrying out their duties, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Interior.

“They were targeted as they were doing their jobs,” says Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Gaza City.

The Israeli army told the AFP news agency that it was targeting “a terrorist” in southern Gaza.

In northern Gaza, at least three Palestinians, including a four-year-old boy, were killed in a drone attack on Gaza City’s Rimal neighbourhood, sources at al-Shifa Hospital said. The Taj Mall was also targeted.

Another person died on Sunday from wounds sustained during a previous attack.

Israeli forces continue to attack Gaza, despite a US-brokered “ceasefire” taking effect last October, killing more than 1,500 people since then.

At least 74,594 Palestinians have been killed since Israel launched its genocidal war in October 2023, in response to the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.