Gaza Strip Attacks by Israeli Forces Continue
PALESTINE – Gaza Strip attacks by Israeli forces were reported on Sunday, where Israeli army carried out airstrikes and artillery shelling targeting various parts of the strip despite a ceasefire being in effect.
A Palestinian woman was killed by Israeli gunfire in the northern Gaza Strip, according to local sources.
The sources said that the 27-year-old lost her life in the town of Beit Lahia.
According to witnesses, the Israeli attack targeted an area outside the army’s deployment and control zone under the ceasefire agreement.
Israeli warplanes targeted eastern areas of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, eyewitnesses said.
Israeli military vehicles also opened fire on the eastern areas of Khan Younis in the south, while naval forces fired toward the city’s coastline, according to the witnesses.
In Gaza City, Israeli fighter jets carried out airstrikes on eastern areas, accompanied by sporadic artillery shelling on the same locations, eyewitnesses said.
Palestinian Teen Succumbs to Gunshot Wound in West Bank
A Palestinian teenager died Sunday of wounds he sustained from Israeli army fire in the northern West Bank, the Health Ministry said.
A ministry statement said that Mohammad Hanani, 17, breathed his last in the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus.
Hanani was shot in the head on Saturday evening during an Israeli military raid in the town, according to the official news agency Wafa.
Another 16-year-old was injured in the raid.
Israel has intensified operations in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since launching its military campaign in Gaza on Oct. 8, 2023.
At least 1,117 Palestinians have been killed and around 11,500 others injured in attacks by the army and illegal settlers in the West Bank during that period.
A 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 612 Palestinians and injuring 1,640 others, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
