GAZA CITY — An 11-year-old Palestinian girl was killed Saturday by Israeli gunfire in northern Gaza in what medical and local sources described as a new violation of a ceasefire agreement.

A medical source said the victim was identified as Fatima Marouff, who was shot dead in the town of Beit Lahia, northwest of the Gaza Strip.

Local sources said the girl was in a designated safe area of the town from which the Israeli army had withdrawn under the terms of the ceasefire.

In a separate incident, another Palestinian was wounded by Israeli gunfire near Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis, also in an area from which Israeli forces had withdrawn, according to a medical source.

Local sources also reported that Israeli military vehicles opened indiscriminate fire east of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.

Since the ceasefire agreement came into effect, the Israeli army has committed hundreds of violations, killing 418 Palestinians and wounding 1,171 others, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

A ceasefire deal reached on Oct. 10, 2025, halted Israel’s two-year war that killed nearly 71,400 Palestinians, most of them women and children, injured more than 171,200 others and left the enclave in ruins. Despite the agreement, Israeli attacks on Gaza have continued. — Agencies