Israeli occupation forces injured five Palestinians on Friday in attacks across the Gaza Strip, as “ceasefire” violations and military operations continued across the devastated coastal enclave.
Medical sources said two Palestinians were shot outside areas under Israeli military control in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. One of them was critically injured.
Off Gaza City’s coast, Israeli naval vessels and quadcopter drones opened fire on a fishing boat, injuring three Palestinian fishermen.
Zakaria Bakr, coordinator of the Fishermen’s Committees Union in Gaza, said Israeli naval vessels fired machine guns at the boat. The wounded fishermen were taken to a hospital.
Bakr said the continuing Israeli attacks were depriving Gaza’s fishermen of their livelihoods.
Palestinian fishermen have faced severe Israeli restrictions on access to the sea since the genocide began.
Gaza’s fishing industry has sustained extensive damage to its port, boats, and equipment. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has said that restoring the sector requires safe access to the sea.
Elsewhere, Israeli military vehicles opened fire east of the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, while artillery shells struck areas northeast of Khan Younis.
Israeli artillery also targeted an area south of the Al-Bardawil neighborhood in Rafah, the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli military vehicles stationed east of Gaza City also opened fire, while artillery shells struck the area.
In central Gaza, Israeli artillery shelling struck livestock facilities in Juhr ad-Dik, northeast of the Al-Bureij refugee camp, causing extensive damage and sparking a fire.
In a separate development, the Israeli military announced Friday that it had killed Mohammad Bassam Mohammad Mushtaha in an airstrike in northern Gaza on July 30.
The military alleged that Mushtaha commanded a company in Hamas’ Al-Shati Battalion, participated in the October 7, 2023, attack, and helped hold Israelis captive during the war. It also claimed that he had recently planned attacks against Israeli forces and civilians. The allegations could not be independently verified.
The Israeli military said its Southern Command remained deployed in Gaza under the ceasefire agreement and would continue acting against what it described as “immediate threats.” The term leaves the stated justification undefined and gives the military broad discretion to determine what constitutes an immediate threat without publicly presenting supporting evidence.
The attacks came one day after two Palestinians were killed and others were injured in Israeli airstrikes and gunfire across Gaza.
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Among those killed Thursday was Colonel Jamal Mahmoud Abu Kmail, 43, director of the Gaza City police force. The Palestinian Interior Ministry said an Israeli airstrike targeted his vehicle on Al-Rashid Street, southwest of Gaza City.
According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, 1,260 Palestinians have been killed and 4,154 injured since the “ceasefire” took effect on October 10, 2025. Rescue crews have also recovered the bodies of 808 Palestinians.
The ministry reported that Israel has killed at least 73,389 Palestinians and injured 174,266 others since October 7, 2023. Rescue teams continue to search for bodies beneath the rubble across the devastated Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, UNRWA warned on August 12 that shortages of lubricants and other essential supplies were disrupting humanitarian operations, including health, water, and sanitation services. The agency said services at more than half of its 11 functioning health centers had been suspended, while water and electricity services were disrupted at seven emergency shelters after generators stopped operating.
In its August 14 humanitarian report, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned that civilians in Gaza remained exposed to military strikes.
UN agencies also reported that approximately 82 percent of Gaza’s structures had sustained damage and that the number of destroyed structures had risen by nine percent since the “ceasefire” was declared in October 2025.
