Mourners stand near the bodies of Palestinians killed in 'Israeli' strikes, ahead of a ceasefire set to take effect on Sunday, in Gaza City January 16, 2025. Photo: Hadi Daoud /Zuma Images.
A 2-year-old child was killed, and his mother injured after their tent was targeted by a bomb in Beit Hanoun.
Two Palestinian children were killed, and two women injured by ‘Israeli’ drone fire in eastern Gaza City and Beit Hanoun in the north of Gaza on Thursday, in yet another violation of the ceasefire agreement between ‘Israel’ and the Palestinian Resistance.
āāāāāāāCiting medical sources, the Anadolu news agency reported that a 2-year-old child was killed, and his mother injured after their tent was targeted by a bomb in Beit Hanoun.
While a three-year-old was fatally shot by an ‘Israeli’ drone in the Shujaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City.
A woman was also injured by drone fire in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, the source reported.
‘Israeli’ tanks also fired at the Sanati area and the Al-Farahin neighborhood in Abasan al-Kabira in eastern Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, Anadolu reported, citing eyewitnesses.
In addition, eyewitnesses said a drone dropped a bomb in eastern Abasan al-Jadida, targeting residential areas, but no injuries were reported.
Three Killed Every 24 Hours
‘Israel’ has killed 150 Palestiniansāan average of three people every 24 hoursāsince the ceasefire took effect on January 19, 2025, according to the Geneva-based Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor.
In its latest report, the rights group said its field team has documented ‘Israeli’ sniper and drone attacks since the ceasefire went into effect, as well as the continued use of the humanitarian blockade āas a weapon of slow death by starvationā in ‘Israelās’ military assault on the enclave.
The ongoing killings by the ‘Israeli’ army are carried out by snipers and drones, including quadcopter aircraft, which target Palestinian civilians,ā Euro-Med Monitor said.
An Israeli āRefusenikā Who Spent 197 Days in Prison for Saying No to Genocide in Gaza
āThe deadly attacks frequently occur when residents attempt to return and inspect their damaged homes near the so-called ābuffer zoneā imposed by ‘Israel’ along the Stripās northern and eastern borders,ā it added.
Phase One of the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement expired on March 1, with ‘Israel’ immediately announcing that all aid will be blocked from entry into Gaza. Since then, ‘Israel’ has also cut off all electricity and water supply to the Strip.
Over 48,000 Palestinians, mainly women and children, have been killed in ‘Israelās’ genocidal assault on Gaza that began in October 2023, until the ceasefire agreement brought the onslaught to a halt.
‘Israel’ Guilty of āSexual, Reproductive Violenceā
A new UN report this week concluded that ‘Israel’ has increasingly employed sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence against Palestinians and carried out genocidal acts through the systematic destruction of sexual and reproductive healthcare facilities.
āThe evidence collected by the Commission reveals a deplorable increase in sexual and gender-based violence,ā said Navi Pillay, Chair of the Commission. āThere is no escape from the conclusion that ‘Israel’ has employed sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians to terrorise them and perpetuate a system of oppression that undermines their right to self-determination.ā
The release of the report, according to a press release, was accompanied by two days of public hearings held in Geneva from March 11 to 12, during which the Commission heard from victims and witnesses of sexual and reproductive violence and medical personnel who assisted them, as well as representatives from civil society, academics, lawyers and medical experts.
The report found that sexual and gender-based violence ā which has risen in frequency and severity ā is being perpetrated across the Occupied Palestinian Territory as a strategy of war for ‘Israel’ to dominate and destroy the Palestinian people.
