Israel kills two more people in Gaza despite ceasefire

The Army killed this Monday (3) two inhabitants of the neighborhood of Shakoush, in the north of Rafah, as confirmed to EFE Agency a source from the enclave’s Ministry of Health, who said that the victims had gone out in search of firewood. For its part, the Army confirmed that it had attacked “by air and land” Gazans who, according to them, represented a threat after having crossed the ‘Yellow Line’ and moved towards the troops positioned in the south of Gaza. “After identification, the troops attacked the terrorists by air and land to neutralize the threat”, details the text, without enumerating the number of victims or detailing why they supposedly constituted a threat.

Several civilians were also injured by Israeli army fire east of the Al Bureij refugee camp, in the center of the enclave, according to the official Palestinian news agency “Wafa”.

Not counting these dead, at least 236 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire, most of them civilians, since the beginning of the ceasefire on October 10th. Furthermore, despite the ceasefire, Israel injured 600 people in these three weeks, increasing the number of people injured since October 7, 2023 to 170,670 Gazans and the total number of deaths to 68,865. Additionally, during the ceasefire, 502 bodies were recovered from under the rubble, although it is estimated that thousands more remain buried.

The so-called ‘Yellow Line’, to which Israeli troops have partially withdrawn under the ceasefire agreement, isolates entire Palestinian cities in the north of the Gaza Strip, such as Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahia and Jabalia, as well as Rafah and Abasan al Kabira in the south, among others. No Gaza resident can approach these areas, which represent around 53% of the enclave’s area, at risk of being shot by troops without prior warning.

*With information from EFE
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