Gaza City:A Palestinian was killed in an Israeli strike in central Gaza early Saturday, while another succumbed to injuries sustained in an earlier attack, as reported by medical sources.

According to Anadolu Agency – English, the fatalities occurred amidst ongoing violations of a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, in effect since October 2025. A medical source at Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza confirmed that Diaa Abu al-Rous was killed in a strike north of the Nuseirat refugee camp. Eyewitnesses reported that an Israeli drone conducted the strike near the headquarters of an electricity company in the area.

In a separate incident, Arafat al-Arair died from severe wounds inflicted several days prior in an Israeli strike targeting a vehicle in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City. His death was confirmed by a medical source at Al-Shifa Hospital in western Gaza City.

Local sources further reported to Anadolu that Israeli military vehicles and artillery shelled multiple areas across the Gaza Strip, including eastern Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, Gaza City, Khan Younis in the south, and Deir al-Balah in central Gaza. Additionally, Israeli warships shelled the Gaza City coastline, opening machine-gun fire toward the shore, while military vehicles fired heavily at homes near the al-Sanafour intersection in the eastern Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City.

In Khan Younis, it was reported that Israeli military vehicles fired toward tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in the al-Iqlimi and Bir 19 areas south of the city, striking several tents but causing no injuries.

The ongoing ceasefire violations have resulted in the deaths of 1,574 Palestinians and injuries to 5,687 others, as per figures released by Gaza's Health Ministry. Since October 2023, the conflict in Gaza has claimed over 74,000 Palestinian lives and caused injuries to more than 175,000 individuals, while also destroying approximately 90% of civilian infrastructure.