At least 137 Gazans killed in Israeli attacks since ceasefire

At least 137 Palestinians have been killed since a ceasefire agreement took effect in Gaza in January, local authorities said on Tuesday.

In a statement, Salama Marouf, the head of Gaza’s government media office, accused Israel of deliberately intensifying its attacks on Palestinians over the past 10 days in violation of the ceasefire deal.

“The latest of these crimes was an Israeli airstrike targeting a group of citizens in central Gaza, killing five, including two brothers, raising the total number of martyrs since the ceasefire began to 137,” Marouf said.

According to witnesses, an Israeli drone struck a group of Palestinians near a destroyed house in the Netzarim area, close to Gaza City’s southeastern border, killing five people.

Meanwhile, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor put the death toll from Israeli attacks in Gaza since the ceasefire at 145 people.

According to the Geneva-based group, Israel has been killing an average of seven Palestinians every two days, with 605 others injured.