Israeli gunfire kills Palestinian teen in northern Gaza in fresh ceasefire breach

By Ramzi Mahmud and Mohammad Sio

GAZA CITY, Palestine / ISTANBUL (AA) – Flouting the Oct. 10 ceasefire, Israeli gunfire killed a Palestinian on Saturday in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, in an area outside Israeli control, a medical source said.

The victim, identified as Mohammad Sabri al-Adham, 18, was shot by Israeli forces in the town of Jabalia, the source told Anadolu.

The shots were fired by Israeli troops positioned in areas they control under the ceasefire arrangement in northern Gaza across the demarcation line into areas outside their control, according to witnesses.

Separately, Israeli helicopters opened indiscriminate fire in eastern areas of Rafah and Khan Younis in southern Gaza, with no injuries reported, witnesses reported.

Earlier Saturday, the Israeli army launched a series of airstrikes and heavy artillery shelling on several parts of the enclave that remain under its occupation, while continuing to demolish what remains of residential buildings, witnesses said.

Israeli violations of the ceasefire have killed 383 Palestinians and wounded 1,002 others, according to the latest figures released by Gaza’s Health Ministry.

Israel has killed more than 70,300 people, mostly women and children, and injured over 171,000 in attacks in Gaza since October 2023, which have continued despite the truce.