UPDATE – Israeli attacks kill 2 Palestinians, injure others in Gaza despite ceasefire

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By Ramzi Mahmud
GAZA CITY, Palestine / ISTANBUL (AA) – Two Palestinians were killed and others injured Wednesday in separate Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, as shelling and gunfire were reported in multiple areas despite a ceasefire agreement, medical and local sources said.

A Palestinian was killed east of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza in an attack whose exact nature was not immediately clear, according to medical sources.

Another Palestinian was killed and several others were wounded when an Israeli drone struck a group of people in the Bir 19 area of al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis in the south, with casualties taken to Nasser Hospital, the sources added.

In northern Gaza, a Palestinian was injured by Israeli gunfire near a school sheltering displaced families in the Jabalia refugee camp.

Local sources also reported at least one Israeli airstrike east of Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood, in areas where Israeli forces are deployed, though no immediate casualties were reported.

Witnesses said artillery fire and live ammunition were heard in parts of northern Gaza, including areas east of Gaza City, while shelling also targeted areas east of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.

The US-backed ceasefire has been in place in Gaza since Oct. 10, halting Israel’s two-year offensive that has killed more than 72,000 people, most of them women and children, and injured over 171,000 others since October 2023.

Despite the truce, Israeli forces have committed hundreds of violations through shelling and gunfire, killing 618 Palestinians and injuring 1,663 others, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

*Writing by Tarek Chouiref