Israeli attacks kill 4 Palestinians, injure 5 in Gaza despite ceasefire

Four Palestinians were killed and five others wounded in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Thursday amid repeated violations of a ceasefire deal in place since last October, medical sources said.

The sources said three people were killed and two others injured when an Israeli drone struck a civilian vehicle near the entrance to Maghazi refugee camp in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.

A Palestinian was also killed and three others were wounded after a drone strike in the al-Maslakh area, south of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, a source at Nasser Hospital said.

Local sources said Israeli artillery also shelled areas east of Khan Younis, while Israeli military vehicles opened heavy fire in eastern parts of the city and in the al-Mawasi area northwest of Rafah. No information was available about injuries.

Witnesses told Anadolu that Israeli forces carried out large-scale demolitions of homes and facilities in areas of their deployment east of Gaza City early Thursday, alongside artillery fire and gunfire in the surrounding area.

Thursday’s attacks came amid ongoing Israeli violations of the ceasefire that took effect on Oct. 10, 2025, following a genocide that killed more than 72,000 Palestinians and wounded over 172,000, most of them women and children, since October 2023.

The Gaza government media office said on April 14 that Israel had committed 2,400 violations of the ceasefire, including killings, arrests, siege measures and deprivation of food.

According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, the violations have resulted in the death of 786 Palestinians and the injury of 2,217 others.

Israel has also continued to restrict the entry of agreed quantities of food, medicine, medical supplies and shelter materials into Gaza, where about 2.4 million Palestinians, including 1.5 million displaced people, are living in severe conditions.

*Writing by Mohammad Sio and Lina Altawell in Istanbul