On Friday, Israeli occupation forces killed a Palestinian in central Gaza and continued to violate the “ceasefire” agreement for the 344th consecutive day, carrying out attacks across the devastated coastal enclave.
Medical sources announced that Karam Mus’ad al-Masar’a died on Friday morning from wounds sustained when Israeli soldiers shot him on Julis Street in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
وداع الشهيد كرم مسعد المسارعة في مستشفى شهداء الأقصى الذي استشهد متأثرًا بإصابته بنيران جيش الاحتلال بمخيم النصيرات#فيديو pic.twitter.com/dSQ4QZfV2W
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A medical source said two Palestinians were injured when Israeli soldiers opened fire near Nasser Medical Complex, west of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, raising the number of Palestinians injured in the area since Thursday afternoon to five.
Israeli military vehicles opened heavy fire northeast and south of Khan Younis, while Israeli helicopter gunships fired east and south of the city. Israeli naval vessels also opened fire offshore along the Khan Younis coast.
Israeli helicopter gunships opened fire toward Rafah in southern Gaza, while artillery shelled an area northeast of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
East of Gaza City, Israeli helicopters opened fire, while occupation forces detonated several Palestinian homes in the Shuja’iyya neighborhood.
On Thursday,two Palestinians were killed and several others were injured. A medical source said Mohammad Nasser Suleiman al-Bayouk was killed, and several Palestinians were wounded in an Israeli strike on the Nahr al-Bared area, east of the slaughterhouse in Khan Younis. Sa’id Barham also died from wounds sustained in an Israeli strike south of Khan Younis last year.
Israeli forces have continued violating the “ceasefire” through aerial and artillery attacks on areas sheltering displaced Palestinians, alongside demolitions and widespread destruction inside the so-called “Yellow Line.” Israel has also maintained restrictions on the movement of goods, humanitarian aid, and travelers.
According to the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza, Israeli attacks have killed 1,386 Palestinians and injured 4,784 others since the “ceasefire” took effect on October 11, 2025. Medical and rescue teams have also recovered the bodies of 831 Palestinians from beneath the rubble.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s ongoing assault on the Gaza Strip has killed at least 73,821 Palestinians and injured 174,897 others, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza.
The figures are from the casualty update issued by the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza on Thursday.
