Ten people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza on Sunday, including six children who were waiting to fill water containers near a refugee camp, emergency service workers said.

Ten people, including six children, have been killed in an Israeli air strike while waiting to fill water containers in central Gaza on Sunday, emergency service officials say.

The Israel Defense Forces said that there had been a “technical error” that caused a strike which was aimed at an Islamic Jihad “terrorist”.