Israeli attacks across Gaza kill at least five people, health officials say
Quick Look
- Israeli attacks across Gaza killed at least five people on Monday, according to Gaza health officials, including two killed in an air strike near a municipal public park in Gaza City and three killed in a separate strike on a vehicle in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood.
- Relatives buried two of the victims at al-Shifa Hospital before carrying their bodies to a cemetery.
- Israel escalated attacks despite a reported October ceasefire, with health officials saying 1,313 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire took effect and nearly 73,500 confirmed killed since October 2023.
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Why It Matters
Israel has escalated attacks across Gaza in recent days despite a reported ceasefire agreed in October. Since the ceasefire took effect, 1,313 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks, and nearly 73,500 have been confirmed killed since Israel's war on Gaza began in October 2023.
Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least five people, according to health officials.
Medics said on Monday that two people were killed when an Israeli air strike hit a crowd near a municipal public park in Gaza City, an area packed with displaced families. Several people were reported to have been wounded.
A separate air strike hit a vehicle in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood in western Gaza City, killing at least three people, health officials said.
The Israeli military claimed the two attacks targeted Hamas fighters without providing evidence.
Relatives and friends paid their respects to two of the five men killed on Monday at al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza's largest medical facility, before carrying their bodies to a cemetery to bury them.
Israel has escalated its attacks across the Gaza Strip in recent days despite a 'ceasefire' agreed in October. An Israeli strike on Deir el-Balah in central Gaza on Sunday killed two Palestinians, including a three-year-old, while Israeli attacks killed at least four people on Saturday.
'There is no ceasefire. There has not been one good day in Gaza since October 7, [2023],' Amjad Abu Abdo, a relative of one of the people killed in the attacks on Monday, told the Reuters news agency. 'I swear, we do not sleep from the sound of drones. You sleep scared of being hit.'
Since the 'ceasefire' between Israel and Hamas took effect, 1,313 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks on Gaza, Gaza's Ministry of Health said.
Meanwhile, 4,000 to 5,000 Palestinians remain missing and are believed to be dead under rubble in Gaza, the Palestinian Centre for Missing and Forcibly Disappeared Persons said on Saturday.
The Israeli army reported five deaths in its ranks since October as well as the death of one civilian contractor.
Since Israel's genocidal war on Gaza began in October 2023, nearly 73,500 Palestinians have been confirmed killed in Gaza and nearly 174,500 injured, most of them women and children, according to the Health Ministry.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Israeli military will continue attacks in Gaza despite international calls for ceasefire
Likely · Within days
Gaza health officials will report further increases in Palestinian casualties and missing persons
Very likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- What evidence does the Israeli military have to support its claim that the attacks targeted Hamas fighters?
- How many of the wounded in Monday's attacks require long-term medical care?
- What efforts are underway to locate the 4,000 to 5,000 Palestinians believed missing under rubble?
- Is there any diplomatic initiative to revive or enforce the October ceasefire agreement?
