7 Dead, Including a Policeman, in Gaza.. Hamas: Occupation Violates Truce Agreement with Systematic Escalation

The Gaza Strip witnessed a new field escalation since dawn on Friday, resulting in the martyrdom of seven Palestinians, including a police officer, and the injury of several women and children in Israeli attacks targeting various areas. Field sources confirmed that occupation forces carried out airstrikes and sniper operations that violated the existing ceasefire understandings, leading to casualties among civilians and displaced persons.

In the details of the aggression, sources reported that an Israeli drone targeted a tent for displaced persons inside Mustafa Hafez School, near Nasser Hospital, west of Khan Yunis city. The bombing resulted in the martyrdom of one Palestinian and the injury of three others with varying degrees of wounds, at a time when drones continue intensive flights over shelters crowded with displaced people.

In the northern Gaza Strip, two Palestinians were martyred by the bullets of occupation forces stationed around the town of Beit Lahia, where shooting operations were concentrated in the Aslan and Al-Atatra areas. These attacks come amid the continued targeting of citizens attempting to move in areas near the contact line, constantly increasing the daily death toll.

In the central Gaza Strip, warplanes launched raids on Al-Bureij camp, leading to the martyrdom of four people in an initial toll from those raids that targeted residential areas. The Civil Defense also confirmed the recovery of the bodies of three other martyrs who fell as a result of targeting a group of citizens in the Al-Maslakh area, southwest of Khan Yunis city, by a drone.

Regarding the targeting of security institutions, the Ministry of Interior in Gaza mourned one of its members who was martyred after an airstrike targeted a police checkpoint on Salah al-Din Street. The ministry clarified that occupation planes targeted the security point at the entrance to Al-Bureij camp in the early hours of dawn, also leading to the injury of another policeman with serious wounds.

For its part, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) condemned this escalation, describing the targeting of police points as a blatant and serious violation of the ongoing ceasefire agreement. The movement's spokesman, Hazem Qassem, stated that these systematic attacks prove that the occupation does not value international efforts aimed at stabilizing calm, and insists on ignoring all political understandings.

In a related context, the Resistance Committees in Palestine considered the continued Israeli violations as organized terrorism aimed at spreading chaos in the Strip by striking the security and police system. In a statement, they indicated that the targeting of police points in Khan Yunis and Al-Bureij denounces a systematic plan to evade the commitments of the agreement reached under international auspices.

Official statistics issued by the Ministry of Health indicate that the number of martyrs since the start of the ceasefire agreement on October 10 last year has exceeded 618 martyrs. Medical teams also recorded the injury of more than 1663 Palestinians as a result of the continuous attacks that have not stopped despite the agreement coming into effect, threatening the collapse of the fragile truce.

These field developments come on the tenth day of the blessed month of Ramadan, with most of the raids occurring simultaneously with the suhoor time, doubling the state of panic among displaced families. Reports confirm that the targeted areas, especially in Mawasi Khan Yunis and Al-Bureij, are outside the control of the occupation army according to the maps agreed upon in the truce.

On the humanitarian front, nearly 1.9 million displaced Palestinians suffer from catastrophic living conditions in dilapidated tents lacking the most basic necessities for a dignified life. This suffering is exacerbated by the continued destruction of infrastructure, which has affected about 90% of civilian facilities in the Strip over two years of the genocide war waged by the occupation.

It is worth noting that the total number of victims of the Israeli aggression since October 2023 has exceeded 72,000 martyrs and more than 171,000 injured, an unprecedented toll reflecting the extent of the devastation. International organizations continue to warn against continued Israeli violations that hinder the delivery of humanitarian aid and further complicate the field and political scene in the region.

This systematic escalation against the Palestinian people decisively reflects Israel's disregard for efforts to stabilize calm in the Strip.