Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes across the Palestinian territory on Sunday killed at least 40 people, including several children, an Al Jazeera TV cameraman and three rescuers.

Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera said its cameraman Ahmed al-Louh was killed "in an Israeli bombardment" that targeted Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal confirmed Louh was killed in the strike that "targeted the Civil Defence site" in Nuseirat camp, also killing three members of the rescue agency.

The Israeli military confirmed in a statement it killed Louh, saying he was an Islamic Jihad member and "previously served as a platoon commander" for the militant group which has fought alongside Hamas in Gaza.

The military said the civil defence site was being used as a "command and control centre" by Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

Israel's military has repeatedly accused Al Jazeera journalists of links to Hamas or its ally Islamic Jihad.

Al Jazeera has fiercely denied the accusations and said Israel -- which has passed a law to ban the network -- has........

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