Israel kills 1 more Palestinian, injures another in Gaza despite ceasefire

The Israeli occupation army today killed one more Palestinian and injured another in Rafah, the southern Gaza Strip, despite the ceasefire.

A medical source told Anadolu that “a martyr and a seriously wounded man” were brought to the Gaza European Hospital in Khan Yunis, as a result of an Israeli drone strike on a group of people in eastern Rafah city.

Eyewitnesses had told the news wire that an Israeli drone fired a rocket on a group of people who were inspecting their homes in the Abu Halawa area of Rafah, killing one man and seriously wounded another.

Yesterday, the Health Ministry in Gaza said that since the ceasefire agreement took effect on 19 January, the Israeli occupation army has killed 92 Palestinians and injured 822 others.

An official Palestinian source said yesterday that Israel committed nearly 270 violations of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, especially violating its humanitarian protocol by obstructing the entry of tents and prefabricated homes into the war-devastated enclave and opening fire almost on a daily basis on Palestinians returning to their homes.

The ceasefire deal has been in place in Gaza since 19 January, halting Israel’s genocidal war that has killed over 48,200 Palestinians and left the enclave in ruins.

On Monday, Hamas announced it would delay the release of Israeli captives scheduled for this weekend following Israel’s failure to uphold its commitments under the ceasefire agreement.

In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday threatened to end the Gaza ceasefire deal if Hamas failed to release captives by Saturday noon.

“If Hamas does not return our hostages by noon on Saturday, the ceasefire will be terminated, and the Israeli army will return to intense fighting until Hamas is finally defeated,” Netanyahu said in a video statement after a four-hour security cabinet meeting.

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