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Israeli fire kills three people in Gaza, three months on from truce

The Israeli military said forces fired at ​a "terrorist" who crossed into the area under their control in the northern Gaza Strip, posing an immediate threat.

2 min readCairoJan 11, 2026 09:55 PM IST First published on: Jan 11, 2026 at 09:55 PM IST
Hamas hands over two hostage bodies as Israel continues to strike GazaPalestinians inspect the rubble of a building, destroyed by an Israeli army strike at Al-Shati camp in Gaza City. (AP Photo)

Israeli fire killed at least three Palestinians in two separate incidents across the enclave, local health authorities said, as tension rises over continued violence since an October ceasefire.

Medics said one Palestinian was killed ‍in ⁠the Tuffah neighbourhood in Gaza City, in an area under Palestinian control, while two others were killed in southern Gaza in the town of ​Bani Suhaila east of Khan ‌Younis, an area Israel still occupies.

The Israeli military said forces fired at ​a “terrorist” who crossed into the area under their control in the northern Gaza Strip, posing an immediate threat. A hit was identified, it added.

There was no comment on the incident south of ‌the enclave.

Fighting has largely abated since Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas agreed to a ‌ceasefire in October, two years into the war, but it ‌has not stopped entirely. Israel and Hamas have traded blame over the violations ‌of the ‍deal.

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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.”

More than 440 Palestinians, most of them civilians according to Gaza ‌health officials, have been killed since the truce, as well as three ‌Israeli soldiers.

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