At least nine people died on Saturday in the attack of an Israeli unmanned plane in the north of the Gaza Strip. The Hamas militant movement described the attack as a “serious violation” of the fragile ceasefire, TASR reports, referring to world agencies.
The attack occurred in Bajt Lahíja. According to witnesses, its aim was a vehicle in which the participants of the Mission of the International Charity of Al-Khair Foundation were accompanied by journalists and photographers. According to the Palestinian media, there are at least three local journalists and drivers among the dead.
The Israeli army confirmed the attack, but did not provide any information about injured or dead. In the statement she stated that At first she attacked two people identified as “terrorists” who released the drone and thus pose a threat of Israeli troops deployed in the area. Another attack was focused on persons who collected the drone and entered the vehicle.
From January 19, the Gaza’s fragile ceasefire applies, which preliminarily completed the 15 months of fighting between Israel and Hamas. The Israeli army, however, has reserved the right to attack anyone if it finds that he poses a threat to Israeli soldiers or their habitat.
Palestinian medical sources claim that, despite the ceasefire, at least 150 people have died since then in Israeli attacks. The first phase of the ceasefire ended on March 2, but Israel rejects the opening of the second phase of the interviews that would concern the permanent end of the war, which is the main requirement of Hamas.
