Several Palestinians have been wounded since dawn on Friday after Israeli shelling targeted civilian areas across the Gaza Strip, as rights groups raise the alarm over the dire humanitarian situation in the war-torn territory.
Local media reported artillery attacks in al-Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza, resulting in at least 10 people wounded over the past 24 hours.
According to an Al Jazeera correspondent, Israeli artillery shelling also targeted the Shujaiya neighbourhood in Gaza City.
Under the US-brokered ceasefire deal, which came into force last Friday, the Israeli army is stipulated to “immediately end” all military operations, including aerial and artillery bombardment and targeted attacks.
However, dozens of Palestinians have been wounded and killed in the past few days.
Meanwhile, unidentified explosives detonated in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
Last week, Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza, warned that ordnance and explosive robots remain in the area, and urged civilians to stay clear, as they pose a serious danger to life.
“I want to highlight that some homes where [Israeli forces] were stationed have been booby-trapped and have not yet exploded. Civilians returning to these homes may be shocked to find them filled with explosives,” he said.
For over two years, Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza killed nearly 68,000 people, with over 80 percent of victims identified as civilians, according to leaked Israeli military data.
The daily bombardment has destroyed much of the blockaded strip and worsened humanitarian conditions. According to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa), almost all of the territory’s farmland is “destroyed or inaccessible“.
Israel restricts aid
Israel’s restrictions on food aid and life-saving essentials have also caused widespread famine.
As part of the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s 20-point ceasefire plan, Gaza’s crossings were to fully reopen on Monday to allow the entry of 400 aid trucks daily, with the number expected to rise to 600 in the following days.
However, rights groups have noted that Israeli authorities continue to restrict and limit the amount of aid entering the strip.
While 480 trucks reached the besieged enclave on Wednesday, the Government Media Office in Gaza described the aid entering as a “drop in the ocean of needs”, insufficient for over 2.4 million people.
“The strip requires 600 aid trucks, which must flow continuously and in large quantities, including aid trucks, fuel, cooking gas, relief supplies and medical supplies, urgently, regularly and without interruption,” it added.
Unrwa’s commissioner-general, Philippe Lazzarini, urged in a post on X that the “flow of aid must be unrestricted for @UNRWA and international NGOs”.
Meanwhile, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday that an average of 560 tonnes of food have been brought into Gaza every day since the ceasefire began last Friday, but more is needed to feed the Palestinians.
“We’re still below what we need, but we’re getting there… The ceasefire has opened a narrow window of opportunity, and WFP is moving very quickly and swiftly to scale up food assistance,” WFP spokesperson Abeer Etefa told reporters in Geneva.
