Israeli army kills Palestinian in Gaza on 1st day of Ramadan

By Hosni Nedim

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) - The Israeli army killed a Palestinian man Wednesday in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, medics said.

Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis said in a brief statement that a young man was killed by Israeli gunfire near the Bani Suheila roundabout, east of the city.

Israeli military vehicles stationed in eastern Khan Younis opened heavy fire since the early morning hours, witnesses told Anadolu.

Israeli forces also fired near the Morag axis north of Rafah in southern Gaza, while artillery shelled eastern areas of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, they added.

In Gaza City and the northern part of the territory, Israeli vehicles fired toward eastern areas of Beit Lahia, while artillery shelling targeted the vicinity of Al-Sikka Street east of the Zeitoun neighborhood in southeastern Gaza City.

No injuries were immediately reported in these attacks.

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

Despite the ceasefire, Israeli forces have committed hundreds of violations through shelling and gunfire, killing 603 Palestinians and injuring 1,618 others, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

*Writing by Mohammad Sio in Istanbul