Israeli attack kills two children in southern Gaza despite ceasefire

According to doctors, an Israeli drone attack east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip claimed the lives of two Palestinian children.

Witnesses reported to Al Jazeera that Juma and Fadi Tamer Abu Assi, two brothers, were killed when drones dropped a bomb on a group of civilians close to al-Farabi School on Saturday morning.

According to medical sources, the two boys were taken to Khan Younis’ Nasser Medical Complex with serious injuries and later declared dead.

The targeted area is located beyond the so-called Yellow Line, which represents the Israeli forces’ redeployment boundary, according to sources.

The Israeli military launched ground, naval, and air attacks on several of Gaza’s earlier on Saturday.

According to medical sources, Israeli air and rocket bombardment in the town of al-Qarara, northeast of Khan Younis, left three Palestinians dead.

On Saturday morning, Israeli aircraft also carried out raids in the Tuffah neighborhood in the east of Gaza City.

Additionally, attacks targeted southern Gaza’s Rafah city’s eastern areas.

The attacks come one day after the Nasser Medical Complex announced that a Palestinian was killed by Israeli drone fire from the town of Bani Suheila outside of the Yellow Line.

Since October 2023, Israel has attacked Gaza killing nearly 70 000 people, primarily women and children, and injuring more than 170,000.

As Hamas demands that Israel beg the international community to abide by the truce, it has repeatedly broken it.