Casualties reported in Gaza amid ongoing Israeli ceasefire violations

GAZA, Oct. 22 (YPA) – Israeli occupation forces continued to violate the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, targeting a Palestinian home near Abu Obeida Roundabout in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, northwest of Gaza City, and an apartment behind Taj Mall in the al-Rimal neighborhood.

Earlier, Two Palestinians were killed and several others injured—one seriously—on when an Israeli drone fired a missile near the UNRWA headquarters in the southern al-Rimal neighborhood, west of Gaza City.

The strike targeted a Palestinian riding an electric bicycle and a group of bystanders. Al-Shifa Hospital in western Gaza City reported receiving the bodies of the two deceased individuals alongside the injured, including one person in critical condition.

Israeli occupation forces also carried out four demolition operations in eastern Gaza City, while military vehicles opened fire in the northwestern parts of the Strip.

In southern Gaza, Israeli military vehicles opened fire east of Khan Younis, as Israeli artillery shelled the city’s southern areas.

Separately, a Palestinian couple and their two children from the Shawaf family were injured when an Israeli shell struck a tent in the courtyard of Mustafa Hafez School in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.

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