3 killed in Israeli strike on vehicle in Gaza City amid ongoing ceasefire violations
Witnesses say another Israeli strike hit home in Deir al-Balah, causing deaths and injuries, including children
GAZA CITY, Palestine / ISTANBUL
Three Palestinians were killed and several others injured in fresh Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Saturday amid ongoing ceasefire violations, according to medics and witnesses.
The Gaza Civil Defense said in a statement that an Israeli airstrike that targeted a vehicle in Gaza City killed three people.
Witnesses told Anadolu that another Israeli strike hit a residential home in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, resulting in deaths and injuries, including children.
Witnesses also reported that an Israeli strike hit a house near Al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, injuring a number of Palestinians.
Medics also said that three more Palestinians were injured by Israeli fire in central and northern Gaza despite the ceasefire that took effect on Oct. 10.
The casualties came as the Israeli army blew up residential buildings and facilities by carrying out airstrikes and detonating booby-trapped vehicles in the eastern parts of Rafah and Khan Younis, which fall under the Israeli-controlled yellow zone, southern Gaza Strip.
Similar airstrikes and explosions were reported in Gaza City’s eastern Al-Tuffah and Shujaiya neighborhoods, as well as artillery shelling and occasional gunfire from Israeli military vehicles positioned on the edge of the yellow zone, witnesses said.
On Friday, the Israeli army targeted Palestinian buildings in army-controlled areas in Khan Younis, Gaza City, Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, and Jabalia refugee camp in the north.
Israel continues to occupy more than 50% of the Gaza Strip under the ceasefire agreement, with the “yellow line” separating areas under army deployment from those inhabited by Palestinians.
Recently, the Israeli army re-escalated its attacks east of the yellow line, destroying vast areas and rendering nearby zones highly hazardous to civilians.
Since October 2023, the Israeli army has killed nearly 70,000 people in Gaza, primarily women and children, injured over 170,800, and reduced the enclave to rubble.
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