Anas Babo

The three journalists were working with a drone camera, filming an Egyptian aid project when an Israeli military drone bombed their car.

One of the journalists was a freelance photographer with the agency France Press, who had been married only last week.

A video verified by NPR shows the shared metal shell of their vehicle after the attack, which struck three miles away from where the Israeli troops are positioned inside Gaza.

Israel's military said troops had identified suspect operating a, quote, drone affiliated with Hamas in a manner that posed a threat to their safety.

The military's statement provided no evidence and no further detail.

It said the strike was conducted with the required chain of command, but added the incident was under review.

Anas Babo, NPR News, Gaza City.

For a few hours on Saturday, residents in Gaza City walked the streets with a sense of relative safety after Israeli forces pulled back several hundred meters from the city center.

But the calm did not last long.

An airstrike like this one overnight hit the Abdelal family home without warning, killing 18 people there and injuring more than 70, according to hospital records.

The military says it was targeting a Hamas militant who posed a threat, but they didn't name the target or response to NPR's inquiry for more information.

Israeli drones, artillery and gunfire have resumed around Gaza City.

The military says the city remains under an evacuation order.

And the city is still cut off from the south as displaced families wait for real ceasefire to return home.

Anas Babo, NPR News, Gaza.