Dead by occupation bullets south of Gaza and Smotrich calls for closing the coordination center

Sources in Gaza Strip hospitals reported that 3 Palestinians were martyred and 7 others injured today, Monday, by Israeli occupation army fire in several areas in the southern Strip, while Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for closing the civil-military coordination center established by Washington near the Strip's borders to monitor the ceasefire agreement. A source at Nasser Medical Complex said that one of the martyrs died by Israeli drone fire outside the deployment areas of the occupation forces in Sheikh Nasser neighborhood, east of Khan Yunis city, while another was martyred by occupation bullets within their deployment areas east of the city. The ambulance and emergency service announced the martyrdom of a Palestinian child by occupation fire in Mawasi Rafah area, south of the Strip.

This comes amidst daily Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement that came into effect on October 10th, after a two-year genocide war launched by Israel. Sources quoted local sources as saying that warplanes and artillery vehicles shelled several areas east of Khan Yunis city early this morning, while Israeli artillery shelled the eastern areas of Deir al-Balah city in the central Strip.

The occupation army still controls the southern and eastern strips of the sector, and large parts of northern Gaza, continuing to occupy more than 50% of the sector's area, according to army data.

War casualties The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced today, Monday, that the number of casualties from the Israeli genocide war on the Strip has risen to 71,550 martyrs and 171,365 injured.

On the humanitarian front, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs said today that a container ship carrying 383 tons of food aid left the French port of Le Havre yesterday, Sunday, heading to Gaza. The ministry explained in a statement that this aid aims to "improve the health of more than 42,000 children in Gaza, aged between 6 months and two years, who suffer from malnutrition."

The aid consists of nutritional supplements, and will be given at a rate of "one dose per day for 6 months.. to prevent severe malnutrition." The container ship will arrive at Port Said in Egypt in approximately ten days, and then the World Food Program will transport the aid to Gaza.

Gaza Coordination Center Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today, Monday, to close a US-led multinational coordination center that supports President Donald Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza.

Minister Smotrich considered, in statements published by his office, that "it is time to dismantle the headquarters in Kiryat Gat," referring to the Israeli city located northeast of Gaza, where the center is located.

Smotrich added that Britain, Egypt, and other countries "hostile to Israel and undermining its security" should be excluded from the military coordination center.

The American administration established the Civil-Military Coordination Center last October to serve as a center for civilian and military personnel from other countries to work alongside American and Israeli officials in planning for post-war Gaza. The center was also tasked with facilitating the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza.