UPDATES DEATH TOLL, CHANGES DECK
By Ramzi Mahmud and Lina Altawell
GAZA / ISTANBUL (AA) – Four Palestinians were killed in Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, marking a new violation of the ceasefire deal in place since Oct. 10, medical sources said.
The sources said the victims fell to Israeli shelling that targeted the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City.
According to witnesses, Israeli fighter jets targeted eastern Khan Younis as artillery fire and intermittent gunfire from military vehicles continued. Additional airstrikes hit areas east of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
In eastern Gaza City, the Zeitoun and Shujaiya neighborhoods came under airstrikes and artillery shelling.
The Israeli army continues to control Gaza’s southern and eastern buffer zones, as well as large parts of northern Gaza, occupying more than 50% of the enclave.
Israel’s military campaign that began on Oct. 8, 2023, and lasted two years, has killed more than 71,000 Palestinians and wounded over 171,000 others, and destroyed about 90% of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure.
Since a ceasefire took effect on Oct. 10, 2025, Israeli attacks have killed 483 Palestinians and wounded 1,287 others, while Israel has sharply restricted the entry of food, shelter materials and medical supplies into Gaza, where about 2.4 million Palestinians live in dire conditions.