New Delhi, Dec. 21 -- Israeli troops fired over the ceasefire line in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday, killing at least five Palestinians, including a baby, according to a local hospital that received the casualties. The killings came as the tenuous Israel-Hamas truce has stalled in recent weeks.

The five died in Tuffah, an eastern neighborhood in Gaza City, said Rami Mhanna, managing director of Shifa Hospital.

Israel's military said troops identified "a number of suspicious individuals . in command structures west of the Yellow Line," and fired at them. The incident is under review and the military "regrets any harm to uninvolved individuals," it added.

The Yellow Line divides the Israeli-held part of Gaza from the rest of the terr...