Israeli attack kills two children in southern Gaza despite ceasefire | Gaza News

The drone strike on Bani Suhayla in southern Gaza came amid ongoing Israeli attacks on the enclave.

Two Palestinian children have been killed in an Israeli drone strike on the town of Bani Suhayla, east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, according to medics.

Witnesses told Al Jazeera that drones dropped bombs on a group of civilians near al-Farabi school on Saturday morning, killing two brothers, Juma and Fadi Tamer Abu Assi.

Medical sources said both boys were taken to Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis with serious injuries, where they were later declared dead.

The sources said the area targeted by the strike was beyond the so-called Yellow Line, which marks the redeployment limit of Israeli forces under the ceasefire agreement that came into effect on October 10.

Earlier on Saturday, the Israeli army had carried out ground, naval and air strikes on many parts of Gaza.

Medical sources reported that three Palestinians were injured as a result of Israeli artillery and aerial bombardment in the town of al-Karara, northeast of Khan Yunis.

Israeli aircraft also raided the Tufah neighborhood in the east of Gaza City on Saturday morning.

Additionally, the attacks also targeted areas east of Rafah city in southern Gaza.

The attacks come a day after the Nasser Medical Complex announced the killing of a Palestinian in an Israeli drone strike across the Yellow Line in the city of Bani Suhayla.

Israel has killed nearly 70,000 people, mostly women and children, and wounded more than 170,000 in attacks on Gaza since October 2023.

It has repeatedly violated the October ceasefire agreement as Hamas called on the international community to pressure Israel to abide by it.