The Israeli military says it has carried out a fresh strike on Gaza, in a move that will further raise concerns about the fragility of its ceasefire with Hamas.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said it conducted the strike on what it called “terrorist infrastructure” in the area of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.

It said the site was being used to store weapons that it claimed were “intended to be used for the execution of an imminent terror attack against IDF soldiers”.

“IDF soldiers in the southern command remain deployed in accordance with the ceasefire agreement and will continue to operate to remove any immediate threat,” a spokesperson said.

People living in Gaza City said they heard an explosion in Gaza and saw a column of smoke.

It comes after hospital officials said at least 104 people, including 46 children, had been killed overnight in Gaza after Israel launched new strikes.

Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the strikes after an Israeli official reported that troops had come under fire in southern Gaza.

Israel claimed a soldier was killed on Tuesday afternoon by “enemy fire” in the southern city of Rafah.

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