Gaza City:Two Palestinians were killed and several others injured in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip on Saturday, while another died from wounds sustained in an earlier attack, medical sources have reported.
According to Anadolu Agency – English, the deaths occurred amid continued violations by the Israeli army of a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip that has been in effect since October 2025. In the latest incidents, one Palestinian was killed and others were injured in an Israeli strike on a tent sheltering displaced individuals west of Khan Younis, as confirmed by a medical source at Nasser Medical Complex.
Separately, a medical source at Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza reported that Diaa Abu al-Rous was killed in an Israeli strike north of the Nuseirat refugee camp. Additional reports indicate that four Palestinians were injured in a strike targeting civilians near the Abu Namous roundabout east of the Maghazi refugee camp. Witnesses stated that an Israeli drone executed the strike near a power company headquarters north of the camp.
In another incident, Arafat al-Arair succumbed to serious injuries sustained days earlier in an Israeli strike targeting a vehicle in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of southwest Gaza City. A medical source at Al-Shifa Hospital in western Gaza City confirmed his death.
Israeli military actions were also reported across the Gaza Strip, with vehicles and artillery shelling areas in eastern Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, Gaza City, Khan Younis in the south, and Deir al-Balah in central Gaza. Israeli warships shelled the Gaza City coastline and fired machine guns toward the shore, while military vehicles heavily targeted homes near the al-Sanafour intersection in Gaza City's eastern Tuffah neighborhood.
In Khan Younis, Israeli military vehicles reportedly fired at tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in the al-Iqlimi and Bir 19 areas. Several tents were struck by gunfire, but no injuries were reported.
As of Saturday, Israeli ceasefire violations have resulted in the deaths of 1,580 Palestinians and injuries to 5,711 others, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. Since October 2023, the conflict has claimed more than 74,000 Palestinian lives and injured over 175,000, severely damaging about 90% of Gaza's civilian infrastructure.