Four killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza on Oct. 7 anniversary
GAZA CITY — Israel has killed at least four Palestinians, including a rescue worker, and wounded several others in new strikes across Gaza as it marked the third anniversary of the October 7 Hamas-led attack.
The Palestinian Civil Defence rescue volunteer was killed in an air strike as he was travelling to help wounded people near Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, a medical source said on Wednesday.
The Civil Defence identified the victim as Mohamed Tamous.
Meanwhile, an Israeli drone strike in the southern city of Khan Younis killed Hisham Ibrahim Abu Mustafa, 60,and injured several others, Nasser Hospital said.
The body of a 17-year-old Palestinian was also brought to Nasser Hospital after he was killed in an Israeli drone strike in the Qizan Abu Rashwan area south of Khan Younis, Turkish news agency Anadolu reported, citing a medical source.
A teenage boy died from wounds sustained last month when Israeli forces opened fire east of Khan Younis, the report said.
Also on Wednesday, a girl was injured by Israeli gunfire directed at displaced Palestinians’ tents in the Al-Amal neighbourhood, Anadolu reported.
Additionally, in Khan Younis, the Israeli military carried out two demolitions in the northeastern and eastern parts of the city.
The military also carried out demolitions east of Gaza City’s Tuffah neighbourhood.
Palestinian health officials said Israeli strikes killed at least two Palestinians overnight Tuesday, with one killed near Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City and the other in a separate strike nearby.
Loud bangs across the border in Gaza were audible from the site of the Nova music festival just as family members gathered at dawn to mourn the more than 300 revelers killed three years earlier.
The Hamas-led attacks killed some 1,200 people and saw 251 hostages taken to Gaza. Palestinian authorities say more than 74,000 people have been killed in Israel’s subsequent assault on the enclave.
Israel, which says Hamas has been rearming and launching attacks in violation of a ceasefire, has stepped up strikes on the group in recent weeks.
Hamas has denied trying to carry out attacks or rebuild its arsenal and accuses Israel of undermining the Gaza peace deal.
Gaza health officials have said at least 1,400 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since last October’s ceasefire. Israel says four of its soldiers have been killed by militants in Gaza over the same period.
