Israeli army kills Palestinian girl in northern Gaza in ceasefire violation

By Ramzi Mahmud, Hosni Nedim and Rania Abu Shamala

GAZA CITY, Palestine/ ISTANBUL (AA) – A Palestinian girl was killed on Saturday by Israeli gunfire in northern Gaza, in a new violation of a ceasefire agreement, a medical source said.

The source told Anadolu that the victim was identified as Fatima Marouff, 11, who was shot dead in the town of Beit Lahia, northwest of the Gaza Strip.

The girl was killed while she was in a designated safe area of the town, from which the Israeli army had withdrawn in accordance with the ceasefire deal, local sources told Anadolu.

Another Palestinian was wounded by Israeli gunfire near Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, also in an area from which the army had withdrawn, according to a medical source.

In a related development, local sources reported that Israeli military vehicles opened indiscriminate fire east of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.

Since the ceasefire agreement came into effect, the Israeli army has committed hundreds of violations, killing 418 Palestinians and wounding 1,171 others, according to the Health Ministry.

A ceasefire deal reached on Oct. 10, 2025, halted Israel’s two-year war that killed nearly 71,400 Palestinians, most of them women and children, injured more than 171,200 others, and left the enclave in ruins. But despite the ceasefire, Israel’s deadly attacks on Gaza continue.