Israeli Drone Strikes Kill Three Palestinians Near Al-Hilu Station in Northern Gaza

Israeli drone strikes in northern Gaza killed at least three Palestinians on Wednesday near al-Hilu station, where a private specialist hospital and a fuel station are located, Palestinian Wafa reported citing local sources.

“At least three Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli drone strike in northern Gaza”

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Haaretz said medics reported that Israeli fire killed five Palestinians in Gaza as Israeli control expanded, adding that five Palestinians were killed and more than 10 wounded in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip over the past day.

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Al Jazeera reported that the killings came despite Israel and Hamas agreeing to a “ceasefire” in October, while it said large-scale fighting has largely paused but Israeli attacks continued.

Al Jazeera also said that since the truce took effect, at least 1,053 Palestinians have been killed and 3,406 others wounded, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office, which also documented 3,465 Israeli violations of the agreement.

Al Jazeera said that during the “ceasefire” the Israeli military continued expanding the area under its control inside Gaza while issuing forced displacement orders and prohibited Palestinians from entering territory beyond the so-called “Yellow Line.”

The outlet reported that the land expanded to 64 percent of Gaza by March and that on May 28 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had instructed the military to expand its control to more than 70 percent of the Gaza Strip.

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Al Jazeera further said that under the “ceasefire” deal the parties were expected to move to a second phase after Hamas released the remaining captives covered by the first-stage deal in exchange for Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.

It added that negotiations have remained stalled for months, with Hamas’s disarmament and the scope of an Israeli withdrawal continuing to be the main obstacles.

The Jerusalem Post reported that US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace (BoP) said on Wednesday that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) "has no place" in Gaza's future.

In the same report, the Jerusalem Post said the BoP stated, "We are turning the page on the complex of perpetual aid dependency and conflict," and added, "The people of Gaza deserve better."

Anadolu Ajansı described a Palestinian man killed and others wounded on Friday evening after the roof of a house damaged by prior Israeli bombardment collapsed near the intersection of Al-Jalaa and Al-Ayoun streets in Gaza City.

L'Orient Today said that around two million Palestinians survive amid rubble in central Gaza and quoted Issam Ghazal via WhatsApp on June 24 saying, "The rats feed off the bodies left under the debris."