Israeli drone strike kills 2 Palestinians in southern Gaza despite ceasefire

Despite a ceasefire still in effect, two Palestinians were killed and several others injured Wednesday in an Israeli attack targeting the southern Gaza Strip, according to local sources.

A medical source told Anadolu that one Palestinian was killed and others were injured, some critically, when an Israeli drone struck a civilian vehicle at a busy intersection on Al-Rashid Street in the Al-Mawasi area west of the city of Khan Younis.

An Anadolu correspondent, citing eyewitnesses, said the strike involved at least one missile.

The medical source later reported the death of another Palestinian who succumbed to serious injuries sustained in the strike.

Earlier Wednesday, a medical source at Nasser Hospital told Anadolu that 24-year-old Yahya Abu Samour died from wounds sustained after being shot by Israeli forces in the Al-Satar al-Gharbi area north of Khan Younis on Tuesday evening.

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Meanwhile, local sources reported that Israeli forces carried out demolitions of Palestinian buildings and homes in areas where they are deployed east of Khan Younis, amid intense gunfire from military vehicles in the area.

In the northern Gaza Strip, eyewitnesses reported that Israeli forces fired several artillery shells toward areas east of Gaza City.

The attacks came amid continued Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement in force since last October.

Violations of the 2025 ceasefire have killed at least 1,399 Palestinians and injured 4,863 others as of Sunday, according to the latest figures from Gaza’s Health Ministry.

Since October 2023, Israel has killed nearly 74,000 Palestinians and injured over 174,000 others in its genocide in Gaza, while destroying around 90% of the enclave’s infrastructure.

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