Israeli attacks kill five Palestinians in Gaza, including nine-year-old girl
Israeli forces killed at least five people in Gaza, including a child, despite a US-brokered ceasefire in October that has since claimed over 1,098 lives.
Since a US-brokered truce took effect in October, Israeli attacks have killed more than 1,098 Palestinians in Gaza. On Sunday, an Israeli drone strike and gunfire killed at least five people, including a nine-year-old girl, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
Tala Abu Matar died when Israeli forces opened fire on an encampment in the eastern part of the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, medics said.
Also on Sunday, a drone attack on a blacksmith’s shop in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City killed at least four Palestinians and wounded another, according to officials at al-Shifa Hospital where the casualties were taken. The Israeli military acknowledged the strike, saying without elaboration that it targeted “terrorist infrastructure”.
Following shooting on Friday, a Palestinian man died from wounds sustained near Al-Bureij camp, said a health official. Another Palestinian succumbed to injuries from an Israeli drone strike east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
The continued attacks violate the ceasefire agreed last October between Israel and Hamas. While ground fighting has largely stopped since then, Israel has carried out air strikes that have killed at least 1,098 Palestinians and wounded 3,535 during the so-called ceasefire, health ministry data shows.
Since October, Israel has expanded its control beyond the so-called “Yellow Line”, which marks territory occupied by Israel from the rest of Gaza under the ceasefire agreement. Last week, Gaza’s Government Media Office said Israeli forces now control about 80 percent of Gaza.
The latest violence comes as Hamas leaders visited Cairo for further talks on implementing the second phase of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan. The discussions include Hamas disarmament and Israeli army withdrawals, according to sources close to the talks, who said no breakthrough has been achieved.
Since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023, the health ministry said at least 73,118 Palestinians have been killed.
