Hyderabad, Dec. 20 -- Israel military fired across the ceasefire line in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday, December 19, killing five Palestinians, violating the US-brokered ceasefire again, news reports said.

"The deaths occurred in the Tuffah neighbourhood east of Gaza City," Rami Mhanna, managing director of Al-Shifa Hospital, told Saudi Gazzette.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its forces identified "a number of suspicious individuals" west of the Yellow Line - the demarcation separating Israeli-held areas from the rest of Gaza - and began firing. The incident was being review, the IDF said, added that it "regrets any harm to uninvolved individuals."

The Yellow Line was established under the US-brokered ceasefire that took eff...