2 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in Gaza

Two Palestinians were killed on Sunday by Israeli army fire in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian medical sources, reported Xinhua.

Sources at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City told Xinhua that one Palestinian was killed and another seriously wounded by Israeli artillery shelling in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip.

In a separate incident, a 20-year-old Palestinian was killed by Israeli armored vehicle fire east of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, an official at Al-Aqsa Hospital said.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army has continued demolishing homes in the eastern areas of Khan Younis and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, as well as in eastern Gaza City, according to Palestinian security sources.

The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 72,027, with 171,651 others wounded since the conflict erupted on Oct. 7, 2023, Gaza-based health authorities said Saturday.