Israeli fire kills 3 in Gaza, reports say, as hospital receives Palestinian bodies.
Israeli fire killed three Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Monday, north of the southern city of Rafah, which lives under Israeli control, according to local health authorities, more pressing the suspension supported above.
In a statement issued early Monday, the Israeli military said the forces were targeting “terrorists” who crossed the yellow line, which marks areas where the forces are still occupying. They advanced towards the forces south of Gaza, facing an immediate threat, before they were defeated. It did not provide evidence.
Medics said one of those killed was a woman. The identities of the other two were not immediately clear.
The incident follows days of Israeli strikes, fueling tensions between Hamas and Israel over the violation of a two-year ceasefire.
Residents say Israeli forces continue to demolish houses in the eastern neighborhoods of Rafah, Khan Younis and Gaza City, where forces continue to operate.
The CBC’s Crystal GoomanAnsingh entered northern Gaza as part of an embedding with Israeli security forces. Here’s what he saw on the outskirts of Gaza City, behind the yellow line – the border where Israeli forces have agreed to return under a cease-fire plan with Hamas.
The postponement, which took effect on Oct. Israel withdrew troops from positions in the cities, and more aid was allowed.
Hamas returned all 20 live hostages held in Gaza and returned nearly 2,000 Palestinian cases and wartime prisoners held by Israel. Hamas has also agreed to open the bodies of the hostages, a process that is still complete and difficult, and Israel accuses Hamas of stang.
But the violence does not stop completely. Palestinian health authorities say that Israeli forces have killed 239 people in Gaza since, About half of them in one day last week when Israel was awakened by the attack of its forces.
Israel says three of its soldiers were killed and the scores are being counted.
Meanwhile, the Gaza Ministry of Health said on Monday it found the bodies of 45 Palestinians killed by Israel in Israeli custody.
Handover Monay Handover raised the number of Palestinian bodies Israel returned from Gaza to 270. In a telegraph report, the Gaza health ministry said only 78 of the 78 had been identified by officials.
The department said it is facing challenges in identifying the bodies, the officials said show signs of abuse and torture. It added that forensic work is complicated by the lack of DNA testing kits in Gaza and, in order to identify the bodies, they post pictures of the bodies online, in the hope that the families will recognize them.
On Sunday, Israel said the remains of the three hostages had been transferred to Gaza. Hamas has so far recovered 20 planes of intestines that were buried in Gaza.
Israel was carrying the bodies of Palestinians after confirming that Hamas had returned the remains of three soldiers killed in the Oct 7, 2023, attack.
