Mayor of Rafah says Israel continues to violate ceasefire agreement
Ahmed al-Soufi condemns the Israeli military’s obstruction of international institutions “from performing their humanitarian role in Rafah governorate and disrupting relief efforts for the residents of the city, who are living in extremely difficult conditions”.
Al-Soufi said in a statement that Israeli forces continue to violate the ceasefire agreement and mentioned yesterday’s killing of two Palestinians by Israeli troops in front of a school.
He said Israeli forces had also fired at civilian homes in the centre of Rafah and had shot at and arrested two Palestinians. “The silence of the international community on these crimes encourages the occupation to continue its violations,” al-Soufi concluded.
Israeli forces kill Palestinian child in southern Gaza’s Rafah
Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian child in the airport area east of Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, according to Wafa. Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic reported earlier that Israeli artillery shelled the area earlier today.
A 16-year-old child has succumbed to serious wounds after being shot by the Israeli army in the vicinity of the airport area east of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.
Medical staff at the European Hospital in the nearby city of Khan Younis reported that the child was shot in the back at dawn today, before his death was announced later.
Ben-Gvir calls for Israel to ‘return to a war of total annihilation’ in Gaza
Israel’s far-right politician, former National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is still fuming over the fact that the fragile ceasefire agreement has held, calling it a “reckless surrender deal”.
After arguments at the Knesset over the deal, Ben-Gvir wrote in a post on X that thousands of “murderous terrorists” are being released from prison in reference to Palestinian detainees, and Hamas is rebuilding while Israeli forces have pulled back from parts of the enclave.
“All this, while the government has complete American backing to rain down hell on Hamas if all our hostages are not released immediately,” he said.
The extremist politician, who quit the government over the ceasefire deal but has signalled he would come back if the war continues, called on Netanyahu and cabinet ministers “to come to their senses and return to a war of total annihilation of Hamas immediately”.
Despite calls by families of captives in Gaza to maintain the deal, Ben-Gvir claimed returning to war would be the only way to get them back without compromising on security.
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