Gaza: Israeli gunfire killed a Palestinian third-grade student inside her classroom in northern Gaza on Thursday, in a new violation of the ceasefire agreement, the Education Ministry said. The ministry identified the girl as Ritaaj Rihan, saying she was sitting at her desk at Abu Ubaida bin al-Jarrah School when she was shot in front of her classmates.

According to Anadolu Agency, the ministry stated that the incident caused severe psychological trauma among the students, describing the killing as a ‘brutal and horrific crime.’ ‘It was not an isolated incident, but a direct extension of a systematic policy targeting the Palestinian people,’ the ministry added. The ministry emphasized that Israel bears full responsibility for the killing and warned that continued international silence amounts to ‘complicity.’

Gaza’s Health Ministry reports that at least 738 Palestinians have been killed and 2,036 others injured in near-daily Israeli attacks, which violate the ceasefire in place since October 2025. The ceasefire followed more than two years of a genocidal war that has killed over 72,000 Palestinians, wounded more than 172,000, and devastated about 90% of the enclave’s infrastructure.