Israeli warplanes bombed northern Gaza on Wednesday, killing two Palestinians in a new violation of the ceasefire agreement, as the death toll since the truce began rose to 211.
Medical sources at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City reported on Wednesday evening that two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air raid targeting the Al-Salatin neighborhood in Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip — marking a new Israeli violation of the ceasefire agreement.
The Israeli army claimed the strike targeted what it called “terrorist infrastructure” used for storing weapons and aerial equipment.
Mahmoud Bassal, spokesman for the Civil Defense in Gaza, confirmed to Agence France-Presse that one of the victims was killed in an air raid on the Atatra area and transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the death toll since the ceasefire took effect on October 10 has risen to 211 Palestinians, including 46 children, with 597 wounded.
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It added that 482 bodies of people killed before the agreement have also been recovered.
This escalation came only hours after the Israeli army announced the resumption of the ceasefire, following a night of heavy bombardment across the Gaza Strip that left 104 Palestinians dead, according to Civil Defense data.
Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz warned that “whoever attacks our soldiers and violates the agreements will pay a heavy price,” while Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar reiterated that “disarming Hamas and removing it from Gaza constitutes the core of US President Donald Trump’s plan.”
A US official told Al Jazeera that Washington had observed “multiple violations” of the truce by Hamas but described Israel’s response as “limited,” claiming it did not threaten the ceasefire.
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The official added that the Gaza Coordination Center now includes 14 countries and 20 NGOs, emphasizing that the US “does not want the violence to lead to renewed conflict.”
Meanwhile, Hamas called on the international community to pressure Israel to halt the “massacres against civilians” in Gaza, stressing that “the blood of Gaza’s children and women is not cheap” and that the resistance “will not allow the enemy to impose new realities under fire.”
The renewed Israeli attacks come under the framework of Trump’s 20-point plan, agreed upon two years after Israel’s war of extermination in Gaza, which killed over 68,000 Palestinians and wounded about 170,000, most of them women and children. The United Nations has estimated reconstruction costs at $70 billion.
(PC, AJA)
