The Israeli military has not yet commented on the strike, which witnesses said hit a crowd queuing to get water at a refugee camp.

Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 19 people on Sunday, including six children at a water collection point,

Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin, the chief spokesman of the military, identified the five soldiers who were killed and said they were carrying out an attack on a Hamas brigade in the northern town of Beit Hanoun intended to take out the armed group’s positions above and below ground.