Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have killed at least 17 people, including six children at a water collection point, according to local health officials.

The talks on a new ceasefire for Gaza have stuttered in Doha – while in Gaza itself dozens of people are being killed every day as the Israeli military consolidates its control over large parts of the territory.

The head of UNRWA said Friday that Gaza has "become the graveyard of children" and "starving people" amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.

The strike hit a water distribution point in Nuseirat refugee camp, killing six children and injuring 17 others, Palestinian sources said.

At least six children were killed in an Israeli strike on a water collection point. The Israeli military blamed a technical error which made its munition fall "dozens of meters from the target".

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed more than 40 Palestinians, including at a market and a water distribution point, as talks for a ceasefire between

Over 5,800 Gazan children were diagnosed with malnutrition in June, the UN children's agency (UNICEF) said on Sunday. “Child malnutrition in Gaza is rising fast,” UNICEF said in a statement.

A fuel crisis in Gaza, caused by an Israeli blockade, has forced several municipalities to suspend key services, such as waste collection and sewage treatment, threatening to exacerbate disease and suffering in the war-torn territory.