GAZA: A Palestinian nurse was killed in an Israeli strike on Saturday, hospital authorities said. The strike hit a Hamas-manned police point in the central city of Deir Al-Balah.
At least three other people were wounded, according to the city’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital, which received the casualties.
The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The nurse was identified as Jamal Abu Aoun, who worked at Yafa Hospital in Deir al-Balah. His funeral was held at noon in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital’s courtyard.
He was the latest fatality among Palestinians in the coastal enclave since a fragile October ceasefire deal attempted to halt a more than two-year war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
Medical sources in the Gaza Strip announced on Saturday that the death toll from the Israeli military offensive on Gaza had risen to 72,938 Palestinians killed and 172,919 injured since October 2023.
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Since a fragile ceasefire came into effect last October, 922 people have been killed in Gaza and 2,786 others injured, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry
According to the sources, hospitals across the Gaza Strip received the bodies of seven Palestinians over the past 24 hours, including six newly killed victims and one person who succumbed to previous injuries.
Another 25 wounded Palestinians were also admitted for treatment.
The sources added that since the start of the current ceasefire on Oct. 11, 2025, the number of Palestinians killed had reached 929, while the number of injuries had risen to 2,811.
In addition, 781 bodies have been recovered from different areas of the Strip.
Health authorities said that an unknown number of victims remain trapped beneath the rubble or lying in inaccessible areas, as ambulance and rescue teams continue to face difficulties reaching them due to ongoing hostilities and dangerous conditions on the ground.
An Israeli strike recently killed Mohammed Odeh, the newly appointed leader of Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, less than two weeks after his predecessor was also killed.
Hamas accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday of a “blatant violation” of the October 2025 ceasefire after he ordered the army to seize more territory in the Gaza Strip.
“In a blatant violation of all agreements, as is their usual practice, Netanyahu announced expanding control over 70 percent of the Gaza Strip, while the killing and starvation continue,” Hamas political bureau member Bassem Naim said.
Hamas spokesman, Hazem Qassem, also condemned the “complete silence” of the Board of Peace and its high representative for Gaza, Nickolay Mladenov, on the topic.
Failing to condemn Israel’s expansionist policies and forced displacement plans raised serious questions about the extent of the sponsoring parties’ commitment to making Israel adhere to its obligations under the ceasefire deal, Qassem said in a separate statement.
