Child killed in Jabalia, artillery shelling east of the Central Governorate in Gaza

A source in the ambulance and emergency services reported the martyrdom of a child this Thursday morning due to gunfire from Israeli occupation vehicles in the city of Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip, outside the deployment area of the occupation army. Earlier, Israel stated that it had targeted a prominent leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the northern Strip.

Ambulance and emergency services in Gaza stated that the child, Hamsa Hawsou (11 years old), was martyred due to gunfire from occupation vehicles in the Faluja area of Jabalia city, west of Jabalia camp, and outside the yellow zone controlled by Israel within the Strip.

Local sources reported hearing repeated gunfire from helicopter aircraft east of Khan Yunis city in the southern Strip. The eastern areas of the Central Governorate in Deir al-Balah city and al-Bureij refugee camp have also been witnessing intense artillery shelling and gunfire from occupation vehicles and helicopters since the morning hours.

Yesterday, Wednesday, two Palestinians were injured in an Israeli raid on a house in the al-Tuffah neighborhood, northeast of Gaza City. The raid targeted a house on Yafa Street, outside the Israeli army's deployment areas in the neighborhood located east of Gaza City. A medical source at the Baptist Hospital described the injuries of the wounded as serious.

The Israeli army said in a statement yesterday evening, Wednesday, that its soldiers attacked a prominent leader of the Hamas movement who was planning to launch attacks against army forces in northern Gaza, and that the army responded to gunfire directed at its forces, according to the Israeli statement.

The statement added that Hamas militants fired at an area where its forces were stationed in the northern Gaza Strip, and the army considered the firing a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement, as it put it.

Israeli army radio reported that the target of the army's attack in Gaza was a leader in the Al-Qassam Brigades with the rank of battalion commander.

This comes amidst ongoing Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement that came into effect on October 10th last year, resulting in the martyrdom of more than 424 Palestinians and the injury of 1199 others, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Health in the Strip.

On October 7, 2023, Israel began a two-year genocide in Gaza, with a death toll exceeding 71,000 martyrs and 171,000 injured Palestinians, in addition to massive destruction affecting 90% of civilian infrastructure, with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at approximately 70 billion dollars.