Israeli strikes kill nine Palestinians in Gaza over two days

Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip have killed at least nine Palestinians over the past two days, according to figures from the local Health Ministry, amid ongoing hostilities despite a U.S.-backed ceasefire agreement. The ministry reported on Saturday that six Palestinians were killed and 20 wounded over the preceding 24-hour period, with an additional death from prior wounds and a body recovered from rubble. On Sunday, it reported three more killed and 43 injured.

The violence included several specific strikes over the weekend. On Friday, an Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in the al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza killed three people. On Saturday, a drone strike hit tents in the al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis, killing two siblings, 15-year-old Islam Moussa and her 30-year-old brother, Abdullah Moussa, and wounding at least seven others. The Israeli military acknowledged a strike in the Muwasi area, stating it had targeted a Hamas militant. Also on Saturday, a strike on a tent shelter in western Gaza City wounded at least 12 people, most of them women, according to hospital reports. On Sunday, an airstrike hit a car near Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, killing...