Israeli attacks across the devastated Gaza Strip on Sunday resulted in the killing two Palestinians, while a woman succumbed to her serious wounded, in separate incidents in the central and southern areas of the enclave, in yet another violation of the “ceasefire” agreement that has been repeatedly breached since October 2025.
Medical sources reported that 20‑year‑old Nassim Abu al‑‘Ajeen was shot dead by Israeli military vehicles east of Deir al‑Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
Also, Dalia Khaled Asfour succumbed to wounds she sustained when Israeli forces bombed her family home on Al‑Dakhiliya Street in central Rafah, in Gaza’s southmost part, in late 2023, joining her four children who were instantly killed in the same attack.
Earlier in the morning, one Palestinian was killed and another critically wounded in Israeli artillery shelling on Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.
These incidents come amid continued Israeli bombardment of Khan Younis and Rafah, where residents have reported intensified artillery fire and renewed airstrikes since dawn, deepening the already catastrophic humanitarian crisis.
Al‑Jazeera’s correspondents in Khan Younis and Rafah noted that Israeli forces have continued to strike residential areas, agricultural lands, and open spaces despite the declared ceasefire, a pattern documented repeatedly over the past four months.
The Rafah border crossing reopened on Sunday morning for the departure of patients and humanitarian cases and for the return of Palestinians stranded in Egypt.
WAFA reported that the fifth group of patients left Gaza after being processed by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in coordination with the World Health Organization, while the fifth group of stranded Palestinians arrived at the Egyptian terminal in preparation for entering the Strip.
As Al Jazeera goes live, an israeli missile hits a family home in Gaza City outside the so-called yellow line, killing several | via @shameensuleman pic.twitter.com/wsTvMI9wvd
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Since the crossing’s limited reopening last Monday, 145 patients and companions have been allowed to leave, while 98 stranded Palestinians have returned.
The crossing remains Gaza’s only lifeline for medical evacuations, as most hospitals in the Strip have been destroyed or severely damaged.
🔴Documented footage shows Israeli forces blowing up a main water reservoir north of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Geolocation analysis confirmed that the explosion on February 2 targeted the Turkish Red Crescent–funded “Mirage” reservoir, which had been supplying water to… pic.twitter.com/6YsWkTMO3U
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The latest fatalities raise the number of Palestinians killed since the “ceasefire” took effect on October 11 to 579, with 1,544 wounded, according to updated figures from Gaza’s Ministry of Health. Civil defense teams have also recovered 717 bodies from beneath the rubble during the same period.
Israeli attacks have continued almost daily despite the “ceasefire” framework, with strikes in recent weeks killing dozens of Palestinians in Gaza City, Khan Younis, and the northern Strip.
The renewed escalation on Sunday underscores the fragility of the ceasefire and the persistent vulnerability of civilians across the Gaza Strip, where displaced families, patients awaiting evacuation, and communities struggling to rebuild continue to face the threat of sudden and deadly Israeli fire.
The cumulative death toll since the start of the genocide, on October 7, 2023, has now reached at least 72,030, with more than 171,651 wounded. Health officials added that 174 newly identified victims were incorporated into the cumulative tally after their documentation was completed.
