GAZA (Palestine Foundation Information Center)Two Palestinians were martyred Monday morning by Israeli occupation forces’ gunfire (IOF) in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, while three others were injured in an Israeli raid on the Mawasi area in Khan Yunis, in continuation of escalated Israeli ceasefire violations.
Local sources reported that the two citizens, Musa Qishta and Khaled Al-Shaer, were martyred as a result of IOF shooting at them in central Rafah City.
Meanwhile, three children were injured in an Israeli helicopter bombing of the Mawasi area, northwest of Khan Yunis.
Local sources explained that an Israeli helicopter fired two missiles towards the Mawasi area, which led to injuries among the children, while heavy gunfire was fired off Khan Yunis coast.
On Sunday, the IOF killed four Palestinian citizens, including two children and a woman, and injured six others in Beit Hanoun, Khan Yunis and Rafah, shortly after the Israeli decision to close the crossings with the Gaza Strip and block the entry of aid and goods, in an attempt to use starvation as a pressure tool within the framework of the crime of genocide against the Palestinians.
The new Israeli escalation comes after the first phase of the ceasefire agreement had ended, while negotiations for the second phase were supposed to begin on the 16th day of the first phase of the agreement (February 3).
Since the ceasefire came into force on January 19, the IOF has committed dozens of violations, resulting in more than 118 martyrs and hundreds of wounded, in addition to Israel’s failure to implement the humanitarian protocol.
