Palestinian health officials reported that an Israeli airstrike killed three Palestinian journalists filming near a displaced persons camp in central Gaza, while Israel’s military said it had targeted “several suspects who operated a drone affiliated with Hamas.” “Following the identification and due to the threat that the drone posed to the troops, the IDF precisely struck the suspects who activated the drone,” the military stated. The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate countered that the journalists killed “were carrying out a humanitarian, journalistic mission to film and document the suffering of civilians in displacement camps,” without confirming drone use. In separate attacks, three people, including a 10-year-old boy, were killed by Israeli tank shelling in central Gaza, and two others, including a 13-year-old boy, died in shootings in Khan Younis in the south, while three more Palestinians were killed elsewhere across Gaza, according to health officials. Israel did not immediately comment on these incidents. Since the start of a ceasefire in October, more than 470 Palestinians including over 100 children have been killed, the Hamas-run health ministry reported. Both Israel and Hamas have accused each other of violating the ceasefire following two years of war that left Gaza devastated and deepened its humanitarian crisis, while also disagreeing over the next steps in US President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan.
