7 Dead, Including a Policeman, in a Series of Israeli Raids and Attacks on the Gaza Strip

Bloody Israeli violations continued in the Gaza Strip despite the ongoing ceasefire agreement, as seven Palestinians, including a police officer, were martyred in separate attacks on Friday. Field sources reported that the occupation army directly shot a citizen in the Aslan area of Beit Lahia town, north of the Strip, leading to his immediate martyrdom, while occupation aircraft targeted a displaced persons' tent inside Mustafa Hafez School near Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, resulting in one martyr and injuries of varying severity to a woman and a child.

In another field escalation, the Ministry of Interior and National Security in Gaza announced the martyrdom of a police officer and serious injuries to his colleague following an airstrike that targeted a security checkpoint. The bombing occurred on the vital Salah al-Din Street at the entrance to al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Strip, which human rights organizations considered a direct targeting of agencies working to organize citizens' lives and secure aid in areas from which the occupation had withdrawn.

Northern areas of the Strip also witnessed similar attacks, where a Palestinian was martyred by occupation forces' bullets in the al-Atatra area of Beit Lahia. This attack came just hours after a dawn massacre targeted a gathering of civilians in the al-Mawasi area west of Khan Yunis city, where three citizens were martyred and others injured while having their suhoor meal on the tenth day of the holy month of Ramadan, reflecting the occupation's insistence on pursuing displaced persons in areas it claims are safe.

Official statistics indicate that all sites subjected to bombing or shooting are outside the scope of Israeli forces' deployment as stipulated by recent understandings. Since the agreement came into effect, daily violations in the form of artillery and aerial bombardment and sniping operations have resulted in the martyrdom of approximately 618 Palestinians and the injury of 1663 others, a clear indication of the fragility of Israeli commitment to the declared calm.

This field escalation comes after a two-year genocide war launched by Israel, which began on October 8, 2023, and left massive destruction affecting 90% of the civilian infrastructure in the Strip. The Ministry of Health recorded a heavy toll for this war, exceeding 72,000 martyrs and more than 171,000 injured, the vast majority of whom are children and women, amidst catastrophic humanitarian and health conditions experienced by the residents of the besieged Strip.

The areas targeted by the occupation are entirely outside its control and deployment scope under the recently signed ceasefire agreement.