Israeli occupation forces killed five people in an artillery strike on a shelter in eastern Gaza, one of several attacks carried out despite an ongoing ceasefire agreement.
Five Palestinians were killed after Israeli artillery shelled a shelter in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City, Al-Jazeera reported, citing a source in Gaza’s ambulance and emergency services.
According to the report, the area targeted by the shelling is among those from which Israeli forces had withdrawn under the ceasefire agreement that came into effect in the Gaza Strip on October 10.
A Palestinian cries and collapses near the bodies of his loved ones who were killed after Israeli occupation artillery shelled a school sheltering displaced civilians in the al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City. pic.twitter.com/zKIgTFqprE
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Earlier on Thursday, Al-Jazeera reported that Israeli occupation forces carried out demolition operations on buildings in areas where they remain deployed in the city of Rafah.
Meanwhile, Israeli artillery also shelled locations east of the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, areas that are under Israeli military control.
Israeli warplanes further bombed areas east of Khan Yunis amid heavy gunfire, while additional strikes targeted the town of Bani Suheila in the southern Gaza Strip.
The Israeli occupation army later claimed it had attacked what it described as an “armed man” who crossed the so-called Yellow Line in central Gaza, alleging that he approached Israeli soldiers and posed a threat.
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Since the ceasefire took effect, Israel has continued to violate the agreement that ended its war on Gaza, committing approximately 738 violations and killing more than 395 Palestinians, according to figures released Tuesday by Gaza’s Government Media Office.
Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which began on October 7, 2023, has killed more than 70,600 Palestinians and wounded at least 171,000 others, most of them women and children. The United Nations has estimated reconstruction costs at roughly $70 billion.
(PC, AJA)
