Key facts
- At least 22 Palestinians were wounded in Israeli attacks across Gaza on Tuesday.
- Incidents included strikes on a school, a house, a market, and gunfire.
- Casualties continue to rise despite a declared ceasefire.
- The Israeli military stated its strikes were in response to an alleged ceasefire violation by Hamas.
- Hamas denied the Israeli military's claims and accused Israel of breaching the agreement.
Israeli air strikes and gunfire across Gaza on Tuesday resulted in at least 22 Palestinians wounded, with incidents reported at a school, a house, and a market, according to local sources cited by Al Jazeera.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society reported one person wounded in a shooting at al-Mazra’a al-Sharqiya school east of Deir el-Balah. In Gaza City, an Israeli drone attack on a house in the Remal neighborhood wounded four people, and nine were injured in an attack on a market in the Nuseirat refugee camp, according to al-Awda Hospital.
Further casualties included four people wounded by Israeli gunfire in al-Mawasi near Khan Younis, and four displaced individuals injured by a building wall collapse in central Gaza City. Medical sources indicated that Israeli air attacks on Gaza City and Khan Younis wounded more than 20 people.
Earlier reports mentioned at least six Palestinians killed and over 20 wounded in Israeli air attacks. On Monday, two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli drone attack on a vehicle in Khan Younis, and two others died in an attack on a tent in al-Mawasi. A married couple was also killed in a drone attack on an apartment in Gaza City. Additionally, three Palestinian fishermen were wounded by Israeli drone fire off the coast of Gaza City.
These incidents occur despite a ceasefire declared in October, with the Ministry of Health in Gaza reporting over 1,072 Palestinians killed and 3,463 wounded due to Israeli violations since the truce took effect. The overall death toll in Gaza since October 2023 has reached at least 73,098, with 173,571 injured.
Separately, Hamas medical and civil defense officials reported at least 22 Palestinians killed in Israeli air strikes across northern and central Gaza, hitting five sites including residential homes, with a senior Hamas commander among the dead. The Israeli military stated these strikes were in response to an incident where an "armed terrorist" fired at soldiers. Hamas denied this, accusing Israel of violating the ceasefire. The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated Hamas violated the ceasefire again. Reports from Gaza officials indicated multiple fatalities in Gaza City, Deir al-Balah, and Nuseirat due to strikes on residential areas.
Further reports indicated at least 22 people were killed and 20 wounded in southern Gaza on Monday, many while seeking food aid. Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis received bodies of individuals shot while returning from an aid site, and ten others were killed at a UN aid warehouse in northern Gaza. Witnesses described indiscriminate firing by troops.