Afghanistan, July 14 -- Eight people, mostly children, were killed in a central Gaza airstrike while collecting water, after an Israeli missile missed its intended target.

At least eight people, most of them children, were killed and over a dozen others wounded on Sunday in central Gaza when an Israeli missile missed its intended target, according to local Palestinian officials. The children were reportedly collecting water at the time of the strike.

According to a report by Reuters, the Israeli military stated that the missile was intended to target a Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant, but a technical malfunction caused it to land "dozens of meters" away from the intended target. The Israeli army expressed regret over the civilian casua...