In a breach of the temporary humanitarian pause in Gaza, seven Palestinian civilians were injured today by Israeli occupation forces’ gunfire in two separate incidents in front of the Al-Quds and Indonesian hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent reported that Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a group of civilians who were inspecting their homes around the Indonesian Hospital in the town of Beit Lahiya, north of the Gaza Strip. The gunfire resulted in the injury of three individuals.

He added that Israeli snipers also targeted several civilians as they inspected their homes and properties around Al-Quds Hospital in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, west of Gaza City, causing injuries to four of them.

The humanitarian pause in the Gaza Strip, brokered by Qatar and Egypt, went into effect at 7 a.m. last Friday after 49 days of brutal Israeli aggression that resulted in the murder of more than 15,000 citizens, including 6,150 children and over 4,000 women, in addition to more than 36,000 woun
ded.

During the days of the pause, Israeli occupation forces have been trying to prevent 1.7 million displaced people in southern Gaza from returning to inspect their homes and properties in the northern regions of the Strip. Even searching for missing family members has been hindered as the occupation forces threatened to target those attempting to return.

The ceasefire, lasting for four days with the possibility of extension, includes the release of a number of female and child prisoners from Israeli occupation prisons, as well as the entry of relief aid, including badly needed fuel, into Gaza.

Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA