- Israeli missile hits children at water point
- Military says missile malfunctioned and missed target
- More than 58,000 Gazans killed in war, health ministry says
- Ceasefire talks appear to be making little progress
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed more than 40 Palestinians, including at a market and a water distribution point, as talks for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas stalled.10 Palestinians, eight of them children, were killed and 17 were wounded in the Israeli missile strike in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza when they went to the water distribution point, local officials said.Water shortages in Gaza have worsened sharply in recent weeks, with fuel shortages causing desalination and sanitation facilities to close, making people dependent on collection centres where they can fill up their plastic containers.The Israeli military said the missile had intended to hit an Islamic Jihad fighter in the area but that a malfunction had caused it to fall "dozens of metres from the target".Hours later, 12 people were killed by an Israeli strike on a market in Gaza City, including a prominent hospital consultant, Ahmad Qandil, Palestinian media reported. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the attack.The number of casualties from the Israeli aggression since October 7, 2023, has risen to 57,882 and the number of injured has reached 138,095, the Gaza Ministry of Health announced Saturday.The Israeli military, which has recently intensified operations across Gaza, said that in the past 24 hours the air force "struck more than 150 targets throughout the Gaza Strip".It released aerial footage of what it said were fighter jet strikes attacking Hamas targets around Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza, showing explosions on the ground and thick smoke in the sky.Media restrictions in Gaza and difficulties accessing many areas mean AFP is unable to independently verify tolls and details provided by the civil defence agency and other parties.The ministry does not distinguish between civilians and fighters in its tally, but says over half of those killed are women and children.Negotiations aimed at securing a ceasefire appeared to be deadlocked, with the two sides divided over the extent of an eventual Israeli withdrawal from the Palestinian enclave, Palestinian and Israeli sources said at the weekend.The indirect talks over a US proposal for a 60-day ceasefire are being held in Doha, but optimism that surfaced last week of a looming deal has largely faded, with both sides accusing each other of intransigence.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was expected to convene ministers later on Sunday to discuss the ceasefire talks.Early on Sunday morning, a missile hit a house in Gaza City where a family had moved to after receiving an evacuation order from their home in the southern outskirts."My aunt, her husband and the children, are gone. What is the fault of the children who died in an ugly bloody massacre at dawn?" said Anas Matar, standing in the rubble of the building."They came here, and they were hit. There is no safe place in Gaza," he said.