An Israeli drone strike has killed two Palestinians and wounded at least four others in Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp , medics said, in the latest Israeli breach of a ceasefire for the occupied territory.
The strike hit early on Wednesday, according to medical sources cited by Turkey’s Anadolu agency.
In a separate attack, four Palestinians, including three children, were wounded after Israeli forces targeted tents sheltering displaced families in the al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis . Later the same morning, several more Palestinians were injured when Israeli forces struck a warehouse south of Deir al-Balah , according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa . Medical staff at Al-Aqsa Hospital said the site was being used to distribute aid, raising further concerns over the targeting of civilian infrastructure.
The latest attacks add to a growing toll of casualties despite the ceasefire, with the Palestinian health ministry reporting at least 677 people killed and 1,813 wounded as of 18 March, amid near-daily Israeli violations since the truce came into effect last October.
The continued strikes come as UN officials warn that conditions in Gaza remain catastrophic.
Speaking at the UN Security Council, envoy Nickolay Mladenov said the situation in the enclave remains "very, very difficult", with essential services barely functioning, the healthcare system collapsing, and no viable economy.
He warned that restrictions imposed by Israel on the Rafah crossing risk undermining progress towards the next phase of the ceasefire, after Israeli forces reimposed tight controls following its closure during the escalation linked to the US-Israeli war on Iran.
"Despite significant improvements through the implementation of phase one, the situation in Gaza remains very, very difficult," Mladenov told the Council.
"Essential services are operating at a fraction of pre-war capacity. The healthcare system is in collapse. There is no functioning economy," he added. After closing the crossing for around 20 days following the outbreak of the US-Israeli war with Iran on 28 February, Israeli authorities reopened it again last week under similarly restrictive conditions. Mladenov called for the full implementation of the ceasefire agreement, describing it as "the only document that connects decommissioning, reconstruction, civilian transition and the reunification of Palestinian institutions into a single sequence". "If we are serious about advancing peace between Israelis and Palestinians, then we must be equally serious about implementing this plan," he said. UN Deputy Special Coordinator Ramiz Alakbarov also told the Council that the ceasefire remains fragile, citing ongoing Israeli air strikes, shelling and live fire across Gaza.
He further pointed to escalating Israeli measures in the occupied West Bank, including the approval of more than 6,000 new settlement units, continued demolitions of Palestinian homes, and a rise in deadly violence by both Israeli forces and settlers.
According to the United Nations, at least 32 Palestinians, including seven children, have been killed in recent incidents in the West Bank.
The latest developments underscore mounting concerns that Israel’s continued military actions, settlement expansion and restrictions on movement are eroding the ceasefire and deepening the humanitarian crisis across Palestinian territories.