India, June 5 -- Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least nine Palestinians overnight, according to local hospitals, even as much of the world's attention was focused on the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

The nine people were killed in at least four separate strikes in Gaza City, according to Shifa Hospital, which received the bodies. The hospital said the victims included two women and two children.

Footage of one of the strikes showed a massive hole in an upper floor in what appeared to be a residential apartment building. The blast blew holes through interior walls and scattered blood-stained belongings across the room and into the street. "They say the war has stopped, but the war has not stopped," said Walid Shbei...