No fewer than four Palestinians were wounded in an Israeli strike on Sunday, in a vehicle on the coastal road west of the Nuseirat camp in the central part of the Gaza Strip.
Medics first announced that a young boy had been killed in the strike but later said they had managed to resuscitate him.
According to the Israeli military, an Israeli aircraft fired on what the military described as a suspicious vehicle moving towards northern Gaza outside the inspection route laid down by the ceasefire agreement.
“The IDF, Israeli military, is prepared for any scenario and will continue to take any necessary actions to thwart any immediate threat to IDF soldiers,” it said.
DAILY POST gathered that many Palestinians have been reported killed by Israeli fire since a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas took effect on January 19.
Israel said its forces have opened fire in incidents where suspicious figures, sometimes armed, posed a risk to Israeli forces deployed in some areas of Gaza as stipulated by the phased deal.
Hamas has described the incidents as violations of the truce.
During the first phase of the ceasefire, 33 children, women and older male hostages as well as sick and injured, were due to be released.
Of these, 18 have been freed so far. More than 60 male hostages of military age will remain captive until a second phase is negotiated.
DAILY POST reports that negotiations are due to start by Tuesday on agreements for the release of the remaining hostages and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza in a second phase of the deal, which is intended to lead to a final end of the war in Gaza.
Later on Sunday, Hamas accused Israel of stalling over the implementation of the humanitarian part of the deal, saying Israel has yet to permit the entry of the needed medical, relief, fuel, and reconstruction supplies as per the agreement.
