A Palestinian man was killed and several others injured after an Israeli drone strike targeted a motorcycle west of the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, amid Israel's continued violations of a ceasefire agreed to in October.
A medical source confirmed the death on Saturday of Eyad al-Motawwaq to the Anadolu news agency, as well as injuries to an unspecified number of people. The strike occurred outside zones of Israeli military deployment under the so-called ceasefire agreement, witnesses told the agency.
Israel separately shelled the eastern areas of Gaza City's Tuffah neighborhood on Saturday, though no casualties have been confirmed. Al Jazeera's Tariq Abou Azzoum confirmed an earlier air strike on the Shati camp area, despite it being within the Israeli-designated 'green line' meant as a safe zone for civilians. At least four people were injured.
Gaza's Health Ministry said late Saturday that at least four people were killed and 15 injured in the Strip in the past 48 hours. Some victims remained under rubble as rescue teams labored to reach them.
Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, starting from October 2023, has left 72,736 people dead and over 172,000 injured. Some 90 percent of Gaza's civilian infrastructure has been destroyed, and nearly all of Gaza's two million population is displaced.
Since the ceasefire in October, at least 850 Palestinians have been killed and 2,433 others injured in Israeli attacks. Israel's military currently occupies about 60 percent of Gaza's territory, demarcated by a so-called 'yellow line' buffer zone.
Truce talks between Israel and Hamas have stalled, with senior Israeli military officials pressing for a return to war because of Hamas's stance against surrendering weapons. On Wednesday, an Israeli air strike killed Azzam al-Hayya, son of Hamas negotiator Khalil al-Hayya.
On Saturday, Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with Muhammad Darwish, head of Hamas's advisory Shura Council, to discuss peace efforts and humanitarian aid delivery. Fidan declared Israel's expanding presence in Gaza and obstruction of aid as 'unacceptable', and reiterated Turkey's opposition to any attempts to force Palestinians to leave Gaza.
Source: www.aljazeera.com