Several children were killed in an Israeli airstrike at a water distribution point in central Gaza Sunday, health officials said, one of several deadly incidents in the territory that come as ceasefire talks in Doha falter.

The Israeli military said there had been a "technical error" with a strike targeting a "terrorist" and it was under review.

Five Israeli soldiers were killed and 14 others wounded in a bombing and gunfire attack by Palestinian fighters in northern Gaza, the military said.