India, July 13 -- At least ten people, including six children, died in an Israeli air strike while waiting to fill water containers in central Gaza on Sunday, media reports said.

The bodies of the victims were sent to Nuseirat's al-Awda Hospital.

The hospital is also treating 16 people who were injured in the incident.

The injured reportedly included seven children, doctors treating them told the BBC.

Eyewitnesses told BBC a drone fired a missile at a crowd queuing with empty jerry cans next to a water tanker in al-Nuseirat refugee camp.

The Israeli military told the British media that there had been a "technical error" with a strike targeting an Islamic Jihad "terrorist" that caused the munition to fall dozens of meters from the tar...