JERUSALEM, July 14 — At least eight Palestinians, most of them children, were killed and more than a dozen were wounded in central Gaza when they went to collect water yesterday, local officials said, in an Israeli strike which the military said missed its target.

ISTANBUL, May 29 — The Palestinian group Hamas has announced that it had reached an agreement with United States (US) Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff on a general framework for a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Ajansi reported.