Gaza Violence: 6 Killed, 20 Injured in Israeli Attacks

Eastern Gaza Strip areas experienced intense combing operations and artillery shelling from Saturday dawn, stretching from the north to the south. Heavy explosions were heard, attributed to ongoing shelling and demolitions east of the "yellow line." These escalations follow a series of Israeli attacks on Friday, which resulted in the deaths of six people and injuries to approximately 20 others. Three individuals were killed by artillery shelling east of Deir al-Balah, and another died from wounds sustained in an attack on Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis on Thursday, amidst continued Israeli ceasefire violations.

The three killed by Israeli artillery near the Al-Qastal towers east of Deir al-Balah were identified as Samar Al-Lawh, 34, Alaa Abu Dhaher, 38, and Ahmed Alaa Abu Dhaher, 14, according to a medical source at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. Local sources reported that an artillery shell hit an apartment building in the area, coinciding with a mourning gathering nearby. Another person sustained moderate injuries from Israeli military vehicle gunfire in the same vicinity.

In the northern Gaza Strip, Akram Saadi Hassanein, 45, was killed by Israeli army gunfire in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood east of Gaza City. An elderly woman and her son were injured by artillery shelling targeting areas east of the neighborhood. In Beit Lahia and Al-Falouja neighborhood, two people, including a child, were injured by gunfire from Israeli military vehicles aimed at homes and tents. Israeli drones also dropped explosive bombs on inhabited rooftops east of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, causing damage but no injuries.

Israeli naval vessels fired at the coast of Gaza City, while artillery shelled the area around Wadi Gaza bridge south of the city. In the southern Strip, Ramzi Nabil Abu Team, 36, was killed and five others injured in an Israeli drone strike targeting a gathering of people in the Turkish Slaughterhouse area southwest of Khan Younis. In Mawasi Rafah, a girl was critically injured by a bullet to the neck when the Israeli army fired at displaced persons' tents. Israeli vehicles also fired heavily towards eastern, southern, and central Khan Younis, accompanied by artillery shelling.

Separately, Iyad Mohammed Al-Jazar, 20, died from wounds sustained in an Israeli strike on a building at Nasser Medical Complex on Thursday. That attack killed six people, including a child and a doctor, and injured about 30 medical staff, patients, and companions, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. Al-Jazar's death brings the total fatalities from the attack on the medical complex to seven.

Politically, intelligence chiefs from Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey met in Cairo on Friday to discuss the Gaza situation and efforts to secure a ceasefire and implement agreement terms. This meeting occurred amid ongoing Israeli ceasefire violations and stalled implementation of some terms, while regional and international contacts continue to push for the agreement's execution.