CAIRO — At least five people lost their lives in the Gaza Strip on Saturday as a result of Israeli strikes and gunfire, according to health officials.
An Israeli airstrike targeted an apartment building in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, killing four Palestinians — among them two women and a child. Medics reported that the unit was completely destroyed and that several additional people suffered injuries in the attack.
In a separate incident further to the north, Israeli forces fatally shot a woman in the town of Beit Lahiya, according to medics.
The Israeli military had not issued any response to either incident at the time of reporting.
Although a ceasefire reached in October was intended to bring major hostilities between Hamas and Israel to a halt, deadly attacks have continued in the region. Gaza’s health ministry reported that more than 1,010 Palestinians have died from Israeli fire since that ceasefire took effect. During the same timeframe, four Israeli soldiers were killed by militants operating in Gaza.
Israeli officials maintain that their military operations are designed to prevent imminent threats posed by Hamas and other armed groups. Hamas, for its part, seldom releases information regarding casualties among its own fighters.
Negotiations between Israel and Hamas remain at a standstill over the next phase of a Gaza plan put forward by Trump, which calls for Hamas to disarm and for Israel to carry out military withdrawals.
