Key facts
- Israeli forces fired on an elderly Palestinian civilian in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza.
- A video of the incident was shared on social media.
- An elderly Palestinian woman died from wounds sustained from Israeli gunfire in Beit Lahia.
- Other individuals, including a young man and a 10-year-old boy, were injured by Israeli forces in separate incidents in Gaza.
- The total number of Palestinians killed and injured since October 7, 2023, has reached 72,280 and 172,014, respectively.
A video posted on social media appears to show Israeli forces firing at an elderly Palestinian civilian in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza. The footage shows bullets hitting the ground near the individual as they attempt to move through an area.
In a separate incident, an elderly Palestinian woman died from critical gunshot wounds sustained days earlier from Israeli forces in Beit Lahia. Local sources also reported that a young man was injured by a live bullet to the neck fired from an Israeli drone near Al-Tayeb Hall in the same city. His condition was described as moderate.
Earlier on the same day, a 10-year-old boy was seriously injured by Israeli forces' gunfire east of the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Additionally, a woman from the Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood was wounded by live fire from an Israeli machine gun mounted on a crane, east of Gaza City.
Medical sources in Gaza confirmed that the total number of Palestinians killed and injured since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Strip on October 7, 2023, has reached 72,280 and 172,014, respectively.