Israel strikes car in Nuseirat amid Gaza ceasefire, four injured

Israeli forces struck a vehicle in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on Saturday evening, wounding four people, local medical workers and witnesses said, while the Israeli military said the strike targeted a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad it said was preparing an imminent attack on Israeli troops. The strike took place amid a United States brokered ceasefire that has been in effect for several weeks, though both sides have accused the other of violations.

The military said the Southern Command led the precise strike in the Nuseirat area and that troops were deployed in accordance with the terms of the ceasefire. Witnesses said a drone hit the car and set it alight. Al-Awda Hospital reported receiving four injured people from the incident; there were no immediate reports of deaths. Separate witnesses said Israeli tanks shelled eastern areas of Gaza City on Saturday night.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad rejected the Israeli account, calling the allegation that its fighters were preparing an imminent attack "a pure false claim and fabrication," and urged the countries mediating the ceasefire to press Israel to halt what it described as continued aggression. The military...