2 Palestinians killed, 5 injured in Israeli strikes across Gaza despite ceasefire

By Ramzi Mahmud and Hosni Nedim

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Two Palestinians were killed and five others injured Saturday in Israeli attacks on various areas of the Gaza Strip, despite a ceasefire agreement that has been in effect since Oct. 10, 2025.

An elderly Palestinian man was killed when an Israeli drone dropped a bomb on the town of Jabalia in northern Gaza, medical sources told Anadolu.

Shortly before that, a 46-year-old Palestinian man was killed in an Israeli strike targeting the Qizan al-Najjar area, south of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, the same sources said.

Medical sources also reported that a 23-year-old Palestinian woman was shot in the neck by fire from an Israeli drone in the Shejaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

Earlier, three Palestinians were injured by Israeli gunfire east of Omar al-Mukhtar Street in Shejaiya, with one reported in serious condition, according to medical sources.

In northern Gaza, another Palestinian was wounded in the chest and hand by Israeli gunfire in Jabalia al-Balad, the sources added.

The attacks took place in areas outside Israeli military control and deployment as outlined in the ceasefire agreement.

A US-backed ceasefire has been in place in Gaza since Oct. 10, halting Israel’s two-year offensive that has killed more than 72,000 people, most of them women and children, and injured over 171,000 others since October 2023.

Despite the truce, Israeli forces have committed hundreds of alleged violations through shelling and gunfire, killing 612 Palestinians and injuring 1,640 others, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

*Writing by Rania Abushamala in Istanbul.