GAZA CITY — The Israeli army carried out airstrikes and artillery shelling across various parts of the Gaza Strip early Sunday, despite a ceasefire agreement in force, according to eyewitnesses.Witnesses told Anadolu that Israeli warplanes targeted eastern areas of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.Israeli military vehicles also opened fire on eastern areas of Khan Younis, while naval forces fired toward the city’s coastline.In Gaza City, fighter jets conducted airstrikes on eastern districts, accompanied by sporadic artillery shelling on the same locations, eyewitnesses said.A US-backed ceasefire has been in place in Gaza since Oct. 10, halting Israel’s two-year offensive that has killed more than 72,000 people, most of them women and children, and injured over 171,000 others since October 2023.Despite the truce, Israeli forces have committed hundreds of violations through shelling and gunfire, killing 612 Palestinians and injuring 1,640 others, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
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