Israeli army launches air attacks and artillery shelling in Gaza
The Anadolu agency quoted witnesses as saying the Israeli army launched air attacks and artillery shelling within the military-controlled yellow zone in Gaza this morning.
Israeli military vehicles also reportedly opened indiscriminate fire on the northern parts of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah.
Israel says killed Palestinian in southern Gaza
In a statement, the military has said the individual “crossed the yellow line” and approached forces in a “manner that posed an immediate threat”.
Israel’s ‘blatant, outrageous violations’ threaten ceasefire agreement: Hamas
Senior Hamas figure Ghazi Hamad has said Israel’s “blatant and outrageous violations” threaten the ceasefire agreement.
In a televised statement, he said:
- Israel manipulated the terms of the ceasefire agreement, breaking the deal 813 times since the agreement took effect.
- Mediators confirmed that Hamas did not commit a single violation of the agreement and fully adhered to it.
- The army’s repeated violations are clear evidence that they are planned by the government.
- Israeli forces repeatedly crossed the yellow line.
- Israel has prevented the entry of aid under the pretext that it was used for other purposes.
- Israel is still concealing information regarding prisoners and missing people.
About 9,300 Palestinians remain imprisoned, detained by Israel: Rights groups
The figure includes at least 350 children held in Ofer and Megiddo prisons, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.
At least 3,500 of the detainees from the occupied West Bank remain “administrative detainees”, a special status meaning they are held without charges or trial on suspicion they plan to break the law in the future. Such detentions are typically based on classified information not revealed to the detainee.
Another 1,220 Palestinians detained during Israel’s operations in Gaza are classified as “unlawful combatants”, a status which allows for indefinite detention, according to the group.
Gaza death toll rises
The Health Ministry in Gaza says two Palestinians have been killed and six wounded in Israeli attacks over the latest 24-hour reporting period. Since a ceasefire came into effect on October 10, the ministry said at least 393 Palestinians have been killed and 1,074 wounded.
The overall death toll from Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has now reached 70,667 with 171,151 people wounded since October 7, 2023.
The ministry also announced the death of a two-week-old infant who died from hypothermia. Health authorities have identified the infant as two-week-old Mohammed Khalil Abu al-Khair.
He was admitted to the hospital in recent days and was placed into intensive care due to “extreme hypothermia caused by extreme cold”. He died on Monday, adding to more than a dozen casualties from exposure in Gaza so far this winter season.
The UN and aid organisations have repeatedly called on Israel to lift restrictions on aid to allow more material for shelters and flood drainage. They have warned that the young and elderly are the most vulnerable to extreme conditions.
