The Israeli military said it opened fire on Tuesday to remove a threat posed by suspects who approached its forces in the northern Gaza Strip, and health authorities in the enclave said at least six Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire.
The military said the suspects had crossed a threshold for an initial Israeli withdrawal under a US-brokered ceasefire plan, violating the agreement.
Gaza’s local health authority said the Israeli military killed six Palestinians in two separate incidents in the enclave on Tuesday.
On Monday, Gaza and under the ceasefire agreement, as US President Donald Trump declared an end to a two-year war that has shaken the wider Middle East.