Occupation violates truce with raids and artillery shelling on Gaza on the third day of Ramadan

The Israeli occupation army escalated its military attacks on the Gaza Strip early Friday morning, with warplanes and artillery carrying out a series of intensive raids targeting the northern, central, and southern areas. These aggressions come on the third day of the holy month of Ramadan, deepening the suffering of citizens who are trying to resume their lives under harsh humanitarian conditions.

Field sources reported that the Israeli shelling represents a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement in effect since October 10, 2025. These repeated violations since the agreement was signed have resulted in hundreds of martyrs and wounded, threatening the collapse of the fragile calm in the besieged Strip.

In Gaza City, warplanes launched at least two raids in areas within what is known as the 'Yellow Line' east of the Shuja'iyya and Tuffah neighborhoods. This aerial bombardment coincided with intensive ground movements by military vehicles that fired their machine guns towards residential neighborhoods adjacent to the eastern border.

The Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, witnessed direct targeting of citizens' homes and displaced persons' tents, as Israeli vehicles fired randomly and intensively. This was accompanied by intermittent artillery shelling, causing panic among displaced families who lack the minimum safety requirements amid ongoing military threats.

In the central Strip, occupation forces carried out widespread demolition operations of buildings and civilian facilities east of the Bureij camp. These destructive operations came hours after military bulldozers carried out leveling and sabotage work near Abu Ataya roundabout, amid heavy gunfire to prevent citizens from reaching their lands.

The 'Yellow Line' is known as an imaginary line temporarily established under ceasefire understandings to separate Israeli forces and Palestinian areas. Under this distribution, the occupation army controls about 53 percent of the Strip's area on the eastern side, while Palestinians are allowed to move in the remaining western areas.

In the southern Strip, the city of Khan Yunis was not spared from the aggressions, as military vehicles opened fire heavily towards the eastern areas of the city. No accurate information is available yet regarding the extent of human losses or the specific targets that the occupation sought to target through this sudden shelling.

Palestinians in Gaza are receiving the month of Ramadan this year amidst a scene of widespread destruction left by the ongoing two-year genocide war. Despite the cessation of major military operations, the infrastructure remains completely destroyed, and living and economic conditions have not seen any tangible recovery so far.

Official statistics indicate that the genocide war, which began on October 8, 2023, with widespread American support, has left an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. More than 72,000 Palestinian martyrs have fallen, and over 171,000 others have been injured, the vast majority of whom are women and children who were the direct targets of the shelling.

Israeli military operations over two years have also caused the destruction of about 90 percent of the civilian infrastructure in the Strip, including hospitals, schools, and water and electricity networks. This systematic destruction has made a return to normal life almost impossible under the suffocating siege and restrictions imposed on reconstruction.

Medical sources continue to warn of the repercussions of ongoing Israeli violations on the already dilapidated health system. Every new raid increases the number of wounded and depletes the limited remaining resources in hospitals operating at minimum capacity due to a lack of fuel and essential medical supplies.

Amidst this field escalation, the international community demands that pressure be put on the occupation authorities to abide by the terms of the truce and stop targeting civilians. However, facts on the ground show that the occupation army continues to impose its military control and change the geographical features of the Strip through continuous demolition and leveling operations in the border areas.

The occupation continues to violate the ceasefire agreement in effect since October 2025 by targeting civilians and displaced persons in various areas of the Strip.