Israeli army kills 3 Palestinians, wounds others in Gaza Strip despite ceasefire

The Israeli army killed three Palestinians and wounded others in separate attacks on Gaza Strip on Thursday despite an ongoing ceasefire, a medical source told Anadolu, Anadolu reports.

One Palestinian was killed and two others were injured in a drone strike targeting a group of civilians in central Gaza City, according to a medical source.

A medical source at Al-Shifa Hospital told Anadolu that the body of the deceased victim arrived at the facility heavily disfigured.

The strike on Al-Thawra Street also injured two other Palestinians, according to preliminary medical reports.

An Anadolu correspondent on the ground confirmed that the Israeli drone targeted a gathering of civilians in the area.

In an earlier attack, a medical source said Israeli army gunfire killed one Palestinian and wounded others in Beit Lahia.

A second Palestinian was later killed when Israeli forces opened fire on tents housing displaced Palestinians and homes in the area, the source added.

In a statement, the Israeli army acknowledged killing a Palestinian in northern Gaza, claiming that its forces had spotted an “armed individual who crossed the Yellow Line and approached the forces in a way that posed an immediate threat.”

It was not immediately clear whether the Palestinian killed in the army’s account was one of the two people whose deaths were reported by the medical source in Beit Lahia.

In Khan Younis, southern Gaza, a medical source at Nasser Hospital said a Palestinian was wounded by Israeli army gunfire inside a camp for displaced people in the Hamad residential area, north of the city.

In a statement, the UN human rights office said that at least 24 Palestinians, including four children and a woman, were killed in Israeli attacks over a five-day period, emphasizing that Gaza remains unsafe although it has been nearly a year since the announcement of a ceasefire.

“There is no safe place, nor safe person, in Gaza,” the office noted.

“Twenty-four Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks over five days between Aug. 28 and Sept. 1, including four children and a woman, 21 of whom were killed in airstrikes,” the statement said.

According to preliminary information cited in the report, Israeli forces carried out a raid on Sept. 1 in the Al-Katiba area, west of Gaza City. The raid resulted in the deaths of a 3-year-old girl, a 13-year-old boy, and a 31-year-old man.

The fourth victim of the raid was a 49-year-old woman, who was killed while Israeli forces were detaining her 51-year-old husband, Muin Al-Arbeed.

The UN office noted that Al-Arbeed holds the rank of colonel in the internal security service of the de facto authority in Gaza.

The UN office stressed that Israel’s claims of targeting individuals it deems “lawful targets” do not absolve it of its obligations under international humanitarian law and international human rights law, including the duty to respect the right to life for Palestinians.

It emphasized that such claims “do not justify the daily life of horror experienced by Palestinians in Gaza,” calling for an end to the bloodshed and demanding justice and accountability for all unlawful killings in the enclave.

Israel launched its military campaign in Gaza on Oct. 8, 2023. The offensive continued for two years, causing widespread destruction, while Israeli violations have persisted despite a ceasefire that took effect on Oct. 10, 2025.

Since the ceasefire took effect, Israeli violations have killed 1,334 Palestinians and wounded 4,429 others, while rescue teams have recovered hundreds of bodies from beneath the rubble, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

Israel’s military campaign in Gaza has killed about 73,470 Palestinians and wounded 174,540 others since October 2023, the ministry said Thursday.​​​​​​​