7 Palestinians killed in fresh Israeli fire, drone strikes in Gaza despite ceasefire

At least seven Palestinians were killed and others injured in new Israeli attacks Tuesday in the Gaza Strip, in the latest violation of a ceasefire agreement.

Five people lost their lives and several others were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a civilian gathering east of Gaza City, medics told Anadolu.

According to witnesses, an Israeli drone struck a group of Palestinians in the Netzarim area near Gaza City's southeastern border as they gathered near a destroyed home.

A Palestinian woman was also killed in another drone strike in the Shouka village, east of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip, a medical source said.

Witnesses said Israeli army forces stationed in the eastern areas of Khan Younis in southern Gaza also opened fire toward Palestinian homes in the area.

Palestinian medical sources and witnesses reported to Anadolu that a child was fatally shot when troops, positioned along the border, opened fire directly on a region in southeastern Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.

Gunfire struck the child, causing injuries that led to the child's death.

No information was yet available about injuries.

The attacks were the latest Israeli violations of the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement that took hold in Gaza in January, halting Israel's brutal war, which has killed over 48,500 Palestinians, most of them women and children, and left the enclave in ruins.

Despite the ceasefire, the Gaza local authorities reported almost daily ceasefire violations by the Israeli army.

Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its military campaign.