Zionist warplanes have conducted four airstrikes on the Gaza Strip that killed a Palestinian civilian and injured several others.

Zionist warplanes have conducted four airstrikes on the Gaza Strip that killed a Palestinian civilian and injured several others.

Witnesses said ‘Israeli’ warplanes struck four targets in the eastern and southern parts of Gaza City and in the southern Gaza Strip towns of Khan Younis and Rafah around midnight on Saturday night.

Speaking in Tehran on Saturday, democratically elected Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh reiterated the Hamas movement's long-held stance that it "will never recognize Israel," as Palestinian efforts to form a temporary unity government headed by acting Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas continue.

The last round of direct talks between the occupation entity and the Palestinian Authority broke down after Tel Aviv refused to extend a partial freeze on its illegal settlement construction in the occupied Palestinian territories.