Israeli occupation forces committed at least fourteen new violations of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip on Friday, carrying out shelling, live fire, drone strikes, demolitions, and intensive aerial activity across northern and southern Gaza. These attacks included drone strikes east of Gaza City that killed a young man and a child and left another child wounded.
Medical sources confirmed the killing of Odai Hussein Al‑Louh, 27, after an Israeli drone targeted him east of Deir al‑Balah in central Gaza.
Hours earlier, a child was killed and another wounded when an Israeli quad‑copter drone dropped an explosive device on them while they were collecting water behind the Great Omari Mosque in the Old City east of Gaza City.
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In the northern Gaza Strip, Israeli artillery shelled the eastern areas of Jabalia, while military engineers detonated residential structures east of Jabalia Refugee Camp.
Israeli forces also carried out controlled explosions around the so‑called “American area” west of Beit Lahia, accompanied by heavy drone activity over Jabalia’s airspace.
Southern Gaza witnessed additional violations, including artillery fire northwest of Rafah and south of Khan Younis, where Israeli tanks opened sustained fire toward civilian areas.
Helicopters and reconnaissance drones flew at low altitude over Khan Younis, while Israeli naval vessels fired heavily into the sea off Rafah and Gaza City, launching illumination rounds over the western coastline.
In Gaza City, Israeli forces detonated homes and residential buildings in the eastern neighborhoods and opened fire toward the eastern side of Al‑Tuffah. Naval vessels simultaneously fired into the coastal waters of Gaza City while illumination rounds lit the sky.
These violations follow thirteen documented breaches on Thursday, most concentrated in southern Gaza, which resulted in the killing of four Palestinians and the injury of several others. Thursday’s violations also included drone strikes near Al‑Mawasi, tank fire east of Khan Younis, and naval bombardment off the coast of Deir al‑Balah.
The Government Media Office reported Thursday that the war—now in its thousandth day—has caused direct initial losses estimated at $80 billion, based on a statistical report documenting destruction, human casualties, and economic damage across fifteen vital sectors.
Friday’s attacks, which killed a young man and a child east of Gaza City, add to the growing toll of Israeli ceasefire violations documented since the agreement took effect.
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The sustained pattern of shelling, demolitions, and aerial assaults continues to erode the ceasefire framework and deepen the humanitarian crisis across the Gaza Strip.
The total number of Palestinians killed by Israel since the ceasefire on October 11, 2025, has risen to 1,059, with 3,429 injured, while 788 bodies have been recovered. No Israelis have been killed by Palestinians since the ceasefire.
Since October 7, 2023, Israeli forces have killed at least 73,074 Palestinians, including more than 21,683 children, 13,057 women, and 328 journalists, while at least 173,537 have been injured, the majority of whom are children, women, and elderly.
