Fresh Israeli Strikes Kill at Least Six in Gaza as Ceasefire Violations Continue
Drone attacks on Khan Yunis, al-Mawasi and Gaza City leave more than 20 wounded, medical sources say, as the death toll under the truce keeps climbing
At least six Palestinians were killed and more than 20 others wounded in a fresh wave of Israeli air and drone strikes across the besieged Gaza Strip on Monday, medical sources said, as violations of the US-brokered ceasefire continued.
In the first reported incident, at least two people were killed when an Israeli drone struck a vehicle on al-Rashid Street in Khan Yunis, in the south of the territory.
In a separate attack, two more Palestinians were killed when a strike hit a tent sheltering displaced families in al-Mawasi, near Khan Yunis — an area that had been designated for civilians who fled earlier bombardment.
A source at al-Shifa Hospital said a married couple was also killed in an Israeli drone strike on an apartment in Gaza City. In total, medical sources put the number of wounded at at least 22.
The Union of Fishermen’s Committees separately reported that three Palestinian fishermen were injured by Israeli drone fire off the coast of Gaza City.
The latest killings come despite the ceasefire that Israel agreed to under US mediation in October of last year. According to Palestinian sources, Israeli violations of that truce have killed at least 1,072 people and wounded 3,463 others since it took effect.
Figures released by health authorities in Gaza place the overall death toll from Israel’s war on the territory since October 2023 at no fewer than 73,098, with 173,571 others injured. The offensive, launched on October 7, 2023 with US backing, has also destroyed close to 90 percent of the enclave’s civilian infrastructure.
The renewed strikes coincided with a plenary session of the United Nations General Assembly convened to examine states’ responsibility to prevent genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. In March 2024, the UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, said there were clear indications that Israel had breached three of the five conditions set out under the UN Genocide Convention.