By Hosni Nedim and Ramzi Mahmud
GAZA, Palestine (AA) - A Palestinian man was killed and a woman injured by Israeli forces on Thursday as Israel continued strikes in the Gaza Strip despite a ceasefire.
Witnesses told Anadolu that Israeli attacks targeted eastern Gaza City, eastern Deir al-Balah, and eastern Khan Younis.
Earlier Israeli strikes on Tuesday and Wednesday also killed 23 Palestinians in separate incidents across the enclave.
Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian near the Bani Suhaila roundabout east of Khan Younis, medical sources told Anadolu.
A 28-year-old woman, Aya Khader Barbach, was injured by Israeli forces’ gunfire inside her tent near the Abu Hamid roundabout in central Khan Younis.
Separately, Israeli forces demolished buildings and facilities east of Gaza City’s al-Tuffah neighborhood and carried out an airstrike on the area.
The neighborhood was also hit by artillery shelling and heavy gunfire from Israeli military vehicles.
Warplanes also struck areas east of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, where Israeli forces are deployed.
Israel has continued to violate the ceasefire deal despite a January announcement by the US administration that the second phase of the agreement had begun. That phase includes additional Israeli withdrawals from Gaza and the launch of reconstruction efforts, which the United Nations estimates will cost about 70 billion dollars.
The ceasefire halted an Israeli offensive that began in October 2023 and lasted more than a year, killing nearly 72,000 Palestinians and wounding more than 171,000 others, while destroying about 90 percent of Gaza’s infrastructure.
*Writing by Serdar Dincel