GAZA CITY, Palestine / ISTANBUL

Three Palestinians were injured by Israeli fire in the central and northern Gaza Strip on Saturday as heavy bombardment continued despite the ceasefire agreement, according to medics and local sources.

Sources at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital told Anadolu that two people were wounded by the gunfire in Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza.

Another Palestinian was injured by gunfire in eastern Jabalia, northern Gaza, according to sources at the Al-Shifa hospital.

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 wide areas and rendering nearby zones extremely hazardous for civilians.

Since October 2023, the Israeli army has killed nearly 70,000 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, injured over 170,800, and reduced the enclave to rubble.