CAIRO — Israeli fire killed at least three Palestinians in two separate incidents across the enclave, local health authorities said, as tension rises over continued violence, reports BritPanorama.
Medics stated that one Palestinian was killed in the Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City, an area under Palestinian control, while two others were killed in the town of Bani Suhaila east of Khan Younis, an area still occupied by Israel.
The Israeli military had not commented on the two incidents at the time of reporting.
Fighting has largely abated since Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas agreed to a ceasefire in October, two years into the war, but it has not completely ceased. Both sides have traded blame over violations of the ceasefire deal.
A Hamas official told Reuters on Sunday that the group urged mediators to intervene to stop “daily Israeli killings that aim to derail the ceasefire deal.”
Since the truce, more than 440 Palestinians, most of them civilians according to Gaza health officials, have been killed, alongside three Israeli soldiers.
Bangladesh seeks to join international force in Gaza
Bangladesh announced on Saturday that it has informed the United States of its desire to join the international stabilization force that is expected to be deployed in Gaza.
The national security adviser, Khalilur Rahman, met U.S. diplomats Allison Hooker and Paul Kapur in Washington to discuss this matter.
Rahman “expressed Bangladesh’s interest in principle to be part of the international stabilization force that would be deployed in Gaza,” according to a statement from the Bangladeshi government. However, the statement did not specify the extent or nature of Bangladesh’s proposed involvement. The State Department has not provided an immediate comment.
A U.N. Security Council resolution adopted in mid-November authorized a so-called Board of Peace and countries cooperating with it to establish a temporary International Stabilization Force in Gaza, where a ceasefire began in October.
The truce has not progressed beyond its initial phase, and little advancement has been made on subsequent steps. More than 400 Palestinians and three Israeli soldiers have been reported killed since the ceasefire commenced, with nearly all of Gaza’s over 2 million residents living in makeshift homes or damaged buildings within a sliver of territory where Israeli troops have retreated and Hamas has once again taken control.
