Palestinian Sources Report 8 Killed in Israeli Strikes on Gaza; IDF Claims Rocket Commanders Eliminated

Palestinian sources reported on Saturday that eight Palestinians were killed and others injured in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip. The sources stated that the casualties occurred amid escalating Israeli violations of a ceasefire agreement in place for about a year.

One Palestinian source reported the death of Zein El-Din Hamdan, who was shot by an Israeli drone in the Al-Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday evening. Earlier in the day, an Israeli drone targeted a group of people near Al-Kilani roundabout in the Al-Shaymaa area of Beit Lahia, killing Mahmoud Ibrahim Aliyan, 35, instantly. Additionally, Mohammed Talat Aqel from the Jabalia camp in northern Gaza died from wounds sustained days earlier from Israeli occupation forces' gunfire in Deir al-Balah.

Palestinian sources also indicated that five Palestinians, including four women, were killed and others injured early Saturday when an Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building west of Gaza City, according to medical sources.

The Israeli military stated that it had eliminated two commanders within Islamic Jihad's rocket system. On Friday, the IDF claimed to have killed Ahmed Mahmoud Harb Al-Ramlawi, a commander in the rocket unit of the Shuja'iyya battalion of Islamic Jihad's military wing, in Gaza City. In a separate strike in the Gaza City area, Munir Ibrahim Al-Masri, identified as the head of the anti-tank missile cell in the military wing of the organization, was eliminated. The IDF asserted that both commanders had advanced hostile plans against Israeli forces and citizens and were working to rebuild the organization's capabilities, in violation of the ceasefire. The military added that precautions were taken to minimize civilian harm during the strikes, including the use of precision munitions and aerial surveillance.