A snap shot of Palestinian medical workers carrying the bodies of one of the three men killed by an Israeli drone attack. Photo courtesy of Quds news.
One Palestinian was killed and several others were injured in an Israeli drone strike on the al-Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.
In a separate attack, two Palestinians were killed after an Israeli drone struck the roof of a house on al-Aqsa Street in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City.
Earlier on Saturday, medical sources announced that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip had risen to 73,349 Palestinians killed and 174,162 injured since October 7, 2023.
The sources added that since the ceasefire agreement took effect on October 11 last year, the death toll has reached 1,222, with 4,053 injuries, while 804 bodies have been recovered.
They noted that many victims remain trapped under the rubble and in the streets, as ambulance and civil defense crews are unable to reach them.
The Israeli deadly strikes in Gaza came two days after US President Donald Trump announced an agreement on a roadmap for the phased disarmament of Hamas and other resistance groups in the strip, alongside the gradual withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces from the strip.
Hamas has said its agreement to disarm is conditional on Israel halting its attacks, withdrawing from Gaza and allowing the entry of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG) and international forces, among other conditions.
Israel has not agreed to President Trump's new Gaza roadmap yet.
Israel has yet to officially comment on the agreement, but a political source has told AFP "that there will be no withdrawal whatsoever" without Hamas's "genuine disarmament".
Mahmoud Basal, a spokesman for Gaza's civil defence agency, told AFP that seven people were killed and several others injured across the Gaza Strip since dawn Saturday.
He said that two of the people were killed and several injured in a strike by Israeli warplanes on a rooftop southwest of Gaza City. Al-Shifa Hospital reported two dead from the rooftop strike.
Among other incidents, the civil defence agency said two people were killed and several injured when Israel hit near a pharmacy northwest of Gaza City. The Al-Shifa Hospital identified the bodies of two people from that strike.
AFP footage from the site showed a huge crater in the ground, next to which dozens of Palestinians sifted through what appeared to be medical supplies that had been scattered by the blast.
The Palestinian health ministry condemned "the heinous crime committed by Israeli occupation forces" which it said had "obliterated two of the four warehouses" for medical supplies, severely damaged the other two and damaged the adjacent outpatient clinic building.
"Vital quantities of medical consumables and supplies intended for the care of patients and the wounded were lost or destroyed," it added.
People in Gaza, where the vast majority of people have been displaced in the war, voiced only guarded hope for the latest stage of the agreement.
Jaber Abed, 33, told AFP he and his family had fled their tent next to the hospital at dawn.
"I hope the war truly ends and that we can live like human beings," he told AFP, but added he was not hopeful that Israel would implement the ceasefire agreement without pressure from Trump.
Abdullah Al-Hou, 33, who is from northern Gaza and displaced in Deir al-Balah, said the people of Gaza were "living between hope and fear".
"Talking about a timeline for implementing the agreement is a positive step, but the continued airstrikes, shelling and gunfire make everyone hesitant to believe that the war is truly nearing its end," he told AFP.
"We want a genuine ceasefire because every hour of delay means more victims."
Hamas political bureau member Bassem Naim told AFP on Saturday that "the ball is currently in the Israeli occupation's court" and called on mediators to "pressure Israel to halt violations and breaches of the ceasefire."
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