The Israeli army launched intensive airstrikes and heavy artillery shelling in the Gaza Strip on the second day of the fasting month of Ramadan today, despite a ceasefire agreement of October 10, witnesses said.
Israeli warplanes carried out heavy attacks on the eastern neighborhoods of Gaza City in the north, along with artillery shelling in surrounding areas, witnesses told Anadolu.
The Israeli army also fired flares east of the Shujaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City. In the southern cities of Khan Younis and Rafah, witnesses reported at least two Israeli airstrikes in eastern areas under Israeli military control.
Artillery shelling also targeted the Al-Mawasi area west of Rafah, witnesses said. It was unclear whether the Israeli shelling caused any casualties among Palestinians.
Palestinians in Gaza are celebrating Ramadan this year amid widespread destruction following a two-year Israeli offensive, which left infrastructure destroyed and living conditions severely strained despite a ceasefire.
Israel launched its genocidal war in Gaza on October 8, 2023, with the support of the United States. The war lasted two years and killed more than 72,000 Palestinians and injured over 171,000 others, most of them children and women, and destroyed about 90 percent of the civilian infrastructure.
Despite the ceasefire, the Israeli army continued its attacks, killing at least 611 Palestinians and wounding 1,630 others, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
