ISRAEL killed at least eight Palestinians in both Gaza and the occupied West Bank at the weekend, as its killing spree continues despite the so-called ceasefire signed with Hamas in October.

At least four people, including two boys and a woman pregnant with twins, were killed today by an Israeli air strike in the devastated Gaza Strip, hospital authorities said.

The strike hit a house in Nuseirat, an urban refugee camp in central Gaza, killing a couple in their thirties and their 10-year-old son, according to the nearby Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

The fourth fatality, a 15-year-old neighbour, was taken to the Awda hospital in Nuseirat. The boy’s young brother was wounded in the strike, the hospital said.

“We were sleeping and got up to the strike of a missile. The strike was strong,” said Mahmoud al-Muhtaseb, a neighbour. “There was no prior warning.”

In the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Israeli soldiers fired on a car carrying a family in the north, killing four people, including two children, the Palestinian Authority’s Health Ministry said.

The official Palestinian news agency said the family was shot late on Saturday after going out to buy new clothes for Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan this week. Israel said it was investigating the shooting.

The Palestinian Red Crescent rescue service said that Ali and Waed Odeh, and two of their four children, were shot in the head.

The Odehs’ two surviving children had shrapnel wounds that were examined by first responders once they were granted access, the group said, accusing Israel of delaying ambulances dispatched to the scene.

The members of the Odeh family were the latest casualties in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli settlers and soldiers had previously shot and killed at least eight Palestinians since the start of the Iran war.

Israeli forces have carried out repeated air strikes and frequently fired on Palestinians since the ceasefire, killing more than 650 people, according to Gaza health officials.

Israel claims it has responded to violations of the ceasefire or targeted wanted militants, but about half of those killed have been women and children.