Israel violated Gaza ceasefire ‘266 times’, killing 132 Palestinians
Palestinian security sources have told Al Jazeera they registered 266 violations of the ceasefire agreement since it came into effect in the Gaza Strip on January 19.
Those violations have led to the killing of at least 132 Palestinians, including 26 who succumbed to their wounds. More than 900 people were injured as a result of Israeli gunfire and raids on the enclave.
Most violations occurred in central Gaza, with 110 incidents, followed by 54 in Rafah, 49 in Gaza City, 19 in Khan Younis, and 13 in the northern Gaza Strip.
Throughout the ceasefire, Israeli leaders have been discussing the possibility of an imminent return to fighting, with far-right ministers in Netanyahu’s cabinet pushing for military occupation of the enclave.
Buildings lie in ruins in Gaza, as seen from Israel on February 15
Here’s a list of the violations, as told to Al Jazeera by Palestinian security sources:
- Targeting people returning to their homes in the eastern, central, and southern Gaza Strip.
- Targeting civilian vehicles returning to northern Gaza and bulldozers working to remove rubble and open roads.
- Carrying out incursions and bulldozing operations in the eastern areas of the enclave, “outside the buffer zone”.
- Carrying out demolitions of residential homes, especially in the Tal as-Sultan, as-Salam and Brazil neighbourhoods south of Rafah city.
- Penetrating the centre of Rafah with soldiers, and killing and wounding people.
- Flying drones of various types across many areas of Gaza outside the hours agreed upon in the ceasefire terms.
- Most violations occurred near the Netzarim and Philadelphi corridors in the central and southern parts of the enclave.
- The Israeli air force carried out more than 130 sorties with various types of aircraft in the skies of Gaza.
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The woman has succumbed to her injuries that were previously sustained as a result of an Israeli military attack, according to the Wafa news agency.
In southern Gaza’s Rafah city, three people were reported wounded after being shot by Israeli forces this morning east of the municipality of ash-Shawka in southern Gaza’s Rafah city.
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The agency said another child was shot and injured by the Israeli army east of Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood.
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