Israeli army continues home demolitions, shelling in military-controlled areas across Gaza despite ceasefire deal

By Mustafa Haboush, Nour Mahd Ali Abuaisha and Betul Yilmaz

GAZA CITY, Palestine / ISTANBUL (AA) - The Israeli army carried out home demolitions and artillery shelling in areas under its control in the Gaza Strip, further violating the ceasefire agreement.

Witnesses told Anadolu that the army blew up several residential buildings in the Shujaiya neighborhood of Gaza City, north of the enclave, which lies within the military-controlled yellow zone. In the south, witnesses said Israeli artillery also struck eastern parts of Khan Younis beyond the yellow line.

No additional information was available on the extent of the material damage.

According to Gaza Civil Defense, two Palestinians were killed and several others were wounded inside a house in the Al-Nasr neighborhood of Gaza City on Monday evening when an Israeli ordnance exploded.

Riyad Mansour, Palestine’s envoy to the UN, told the Security Council on Monday that the Israeli army has been killing two Palestinian children daily since the ceasefire took effect on Oct. 10 in the Gaza Strip, as the number of injured and killed has risen to 1,000.

According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, at least 342 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 900 injured by Israeli army fire since the ceasefire began.

Since October 2023, the Israeli army has killed nearly 70,000 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, and injured more than 170,900 people during the two-year war that has left much of the enclave in ruins.