Israeli attacks kill two more Palestinians in Gaza shortly after widespread strikes claim dozens

Israeli attacks have claimed the lives of two more Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, shortly after strikes targeting various areas across the coastal sliver’s entire expanse killed dozens of Palestinians.

Reporting on Sunday, medical sources said one Palestinian was killed and two others were injured when an Israeli drone fired a missile at a civilian gathering north of Wadi Gaza in the central part of the coastal sliver. Witnesses said the area had previously been evacuated under ceasefire arrangements.

A second Palestinian was killed by Israeli artillery shelling in the al-Shakoush area northwest of Rafah in southern Gaza.

The latest deaths followed two days of intensified Israeli attacks that killed at least 37 Palestinians, according to local officials, in strikes on shelters, tents housing displaced families, a police center, and residential apartments.

Witnesses also reported demolition operations northeast of Gaza City, tank fire west of Rafah and east of the Bureij refugee camp, and Israeli naval fire off Gaza’s northern coast.

Such fatalities have been a daily occurrence since early October, when the regime signed a ceasefire agreement with Gaza’s Hamas resistance movement.

The deal came as part of a 20-point plan devised by Donald Trump. The US president claims the plan is aimed at ending Tel Aviv’s war of genocide on Gaza that began in October 2023.

Observers, though, say daily fatalities point to the continuation of the genocidal pattern.

According to Gaza’s health ministry, the genocide has killed 71,795 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and wounded 171,551 others, with nearly 90 percent of civilian infrastructure destroyed.

As attacks continued, Israeli authorities announced the completion of a “screening corridor” for people entering Gaza through the Rafah crossing, Gaza’s only outlet that bypasses the occupied territories.

The Israeli army said arrivals would be checked against lists approved by the regime’s “security establishment.”

The regime’s public broadcaster reported that a trial operation on Sunday would precede an official reopening on Monday, allowing limited, tightly restricted movement after nearly 20 months of closure. Images released by Israeli media showed a narrow, fortified passage equipped with surveillance cameras and facial-recognition systems. Tel Aviv said only a limited number of civilians would be permitted to cross under strict conditions.

Meanwhile, Gaza’s government media office and health ministry warned that the health system had effectively collapsed. Officials said around 20,000 patients risked death while awaiting evacuation for treatment abroad, with Gaza losing an average of 10 patients per day due to blocked access.

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