UPDATE - Israeli army kills 2 Palestinians in northern Gaza in new ceasefire violation

UPDATES DEATH TOLL

By Ramzi Mahmud, Hosni Nedim and Rania Abu Shamala

GAZA CITY, Palestine / ISTANBUL (AA) - Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire in northern Gaza on Saturday, in a new violation of a ceasefire agreement, medical sources said.

The sources told Anadolu that an 11-year-old girl was shot dead by Israeli forces in the town of Beit Lahia.

The girl was killed while she was in a designated safe area in the town, from which the Israeli army had withdrawn under the ceasefire, local sources said.

A 45-year-old woman was also killed by Israeli army fire in the Tal al-Dhahab area of Beit Lahia, they added.

Another Palestinian was wounded by Israeli forces near Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, also in an area from which the army had withdrawn, according to a medical source.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 on Oct. 10, the Israeli army has committed hundreds of violations, killing 418 Palestinians and wounding 1,171 others, according to the Health Ministry.

The ceasefire 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.