2 Palestinians killed by Israeli drone strike in northern Gaza
<p> GAZA: Two Palestinians were killed on Sunday evening by an Israeli strike targeting the northern Gaza Strip.<br /> Medical sources in the enclave said two people were killed and at least one other was injured after an Israeli drone struck the Al-Salatin area west of Beit Lahia.<br /> The death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 73,054 Palestinians killed and 173,480 injured since Oct. 7, 2023, medical sources said on Sunday.<br /> According to local health authorities, hospitals across the Gaza Strip received the bodies of three Palestinians killed and 43 injured over the past 24 hours.<br /> They added that since the ceasefire started on Oct. 11 last year, the death toll has reached 1,041, with 3,372 injuries recorded during the same period.<br /> Medical teams have also recovered 786 bodies from under rubble.<br /> An unknown number of victims remain trapped beneath the rubble and in the streets, added the sources, as ambulance and civil defense crews continue to face difficulties reaching them.<br /> Meanwhile, car bombs and gun attacks killed five members of Israel’s Arab minority on Sunday.<br /> Criminal violence has escalated among Israel’s Arab minority in recent years, where gangs extort residents and business owners for protection and frequently kill those who fail to pay.<br /> In Jaffa, part of the Tel Aviv municipal area, a car bomb killed a man in his 40s, police and emergency services said, while Israeli news reports reported that the blast left the man’s six-year old son injured.<br /> “The background is criminal,” the police said.<br /> A second car bomb struck in Holon, south of Tel Aviv, severely injuring a man who later died at hospital, the force said.<br /> The victim had been known to police for his involvement in disputes, said Tel Aviv police district commander Major General Haim Sargarof.<br /> A man was shot dead and another injured in the Arab-majority town of Taybeh in central Israel, in what the police described as “apparently a family dispute.”<br /> Hours later, two more men were gunned down in the nearby town of Qalansawe, emergency service Magen David Adom reported.<br /> “A preliminary inquiry indicates that the background to the incident is apparently a family feud,” police said.<br /> Sunday’s bloodshed pushed the toll of Arab citizens killed in such violence to 142 so far this year, according to the Abraham Initiatives, an Israeli NGO promoting Arab minority inclusion — an 11 percent rise over the same period last year.</p> <p> </p>