Five Palestinians reported killed in Gaza despite ceasefire
Palestinian officials and Gaza’s Health Ministry reported five deaths and 30 injuries in the previous 24 hours, including children killed in a vehicle strike and an attack on a school shelter.
Five Palestinians, including two children, were reported killed and 30 wounded in Gaza in the previous 24 hours, according to figures cited by Al Jazeera from Palestinian officials and the Gaza Health Ministry. The incidents were reported despite a ceasefire whose terms and current status were not established in the supplied account.
The Palestinian Ministry of Education said seven-year-old Wafaa Aqila and her father were killed when a vehicle they were travelling in was struck after they had bought school supplies. Wafaa was due to begin the new school year within days.
Hours later, artillery reportedly struck Sakina School in Deir el-Balah, which was being used as a shelter for displaced people. The attack killed Saadi Ghalia, a first-grade student, according to the ministry.
The Health Ministry separately said two Palestinians had died from wounds sustained in earlier attacks. The supplied account names three victims while reporting five deaths in the latest period, leaving the full casualty breakdown unclear.
Ministry figures cited by Al Jazeera said 1,352 people had been killed and 4,511 wounded in Gaza since the reported ceasefire began in October. The same figures put the toll since October 2023 at 73,658 killed and 174,622 wounded.
The casualty figures and accounts of the incidents were reported by Palestinian authorities and have not been independently verified.
