Gaza hospitals said to receive bodies of 3 Palestinians killed by IDF fire in past day |
Gaza hospitals received the bodies of three people killed by IDF gunfire as well as 15 wounded people over the past 24 hours, the Strip’s Hamas-run health ministry said in a Tuesday afternoon report.
The reported deaths came even as the shaky ceasefire signed in October progressed with the limited reopening of the Rafah Crossing, a move hailed by Palestinians and international organizations as a milestone for the agreement.
The Hamas-run health ministry did not identify those reportedly shot in the Gaza Strip, say where they were killed or injured, or specify the severity of the wounds. Nor did it say, as its near-daily reports frequently do, whether the dead were killed within the past 24 hours or before that.
The Israel Defense Forces said Monday that it killed four gunmen who approached troops near the Gaza ceasefire line in the Strip’s north.
The four were not identified in Palestinian media and it was unclear if any of their bodies were subsequently retrieved by Gaza’s first responders and brought to a hospital.
Meanwhile, Palestinian media reported at least two people killed and several wounded by the IDF in Gaza since Monday afternoon.
The IDF did not comment on all but one of the reports, but regularly says such shootings come in response to ceasefire violations.
According to Palestinian media, 19-year-old Ahmed Aal was killed by IDF gunfire on Tuesday morning on the Hamas-controlled side of the ceasefire line south of Khan Younis, in........