Israeli strikes killed at least 13 Palestinians, including five children, in the Gaza Strip on Thursday. The attacks came despite a fragile ceasefire that mostly stopped fighting. Medics reported that one Israeli airstrike hit a tent in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, killing at least four and wounding three others, including children. Another strike east of the city killed one more person near Israeli forces. Mahmud Bassal, spokesman for Gaza's civil defence, said, "The death toll has risen to 13 as a result of Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip since this morning in a clear violation of the ceasefire agreement." The Israeli military said these strikes responded to a failed rocket attack by militants in Gaza. They stated, "We have precisely struck Hamas terrorists and terror infrastructure in the southern and northern Gaza Strip in response to a failed projectile launch." The Israeli Defense Forces described the rocket launch as "a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement." Earlier on Thursday, Israel said a projectile from Gaza fell inside Gaza itself, and it hit the rocket launch site in response. Meanwhile, Nickolay Mladenov, a Bulgarian politician and former UN envoy, was named director-general of the US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in Gaza, a new international body. The ceasefire began on October 10, with both sides accusing each other of breaches. Gaza health officials say at least 425 Palestinians have died since the truce started. On November 22 alone, Israeli strikes killed at least 21 people, one of the deadliest days since the ceasefire.