RAMALLAH, Palestine

A Palestinian woman was killed by Israeli gunfire on Sunday in the northern Gaza Strip, despite a ceasefire agreement in force since Oct. 10, 2025, medical sources said.

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 also targeted eastern areas of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, they added.

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.

The 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 614 Palestinians and injuring 1,643 others, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

* Writing by Rania Abushamala in Istanbul.