At least seven people, including an eight-year-old girl, have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza, medical sources said, exactly one year after a US-brokered ceasefire took effect — an agreement more than 100 humanitarian, human rights and civil society organisations describe as existing in name only.
Shahd Abdul-Razzaq al-Najjar, 8, was killed on Saturday by an Israeli quadcopter drone in the al-Jawazat area, west of Gaza City, a source from the emergency and ambulance services told Al Jazeera.
In the same part of Gaza City, four people were killed and several wounded in a separate Israeli bombing near the Haider Abdel Shafi roundabout, according to the city's al-Shifa Hospital.
The hospital said another Palestinian was killed in an Israeli drone strike in the Tuffah neighbourhood, northeast of Gaza City.
In the southern city of Khan Younis, a woman died of her wounds from an earlier Israeli attack the same day.
Also on Saturday, the enclave's Health Ministry said at least 1,481 Palestinians have been killed and 5,254 wounded since the ceasefire was supposed to take effect on October 10 last year.
According to the ministry, Israel's war in Gaza has killed at least 74,370 people and wounded 175,371 since October 7, 2023.
Over the past 24 hours, Israeli attacks have killed at least nine people and wounded 65, the ministry said, adding that one more person had died of wounds from earlier strikes.
Al Jazeera correspondent Tareq Abu Azzoum reported from Gaza on Saturday that the ceasefire had only deepened uncertainty in the territory.
"The tempo of the genocidal war remains unchanged," he said. "The danger has not fully disappeared, and that is why people believe it will leave consequences far beyond the immediate loss of life."
On Friday, more than 100 humanitarian, human rights and civil society organisations said in a joint statement that the ceasefire in Gaza exists in name only.
"The ceasefire exists in name only, as Israeli forces continue to kill and injure Palestinians daily, while restrictions on aid, equipment and reconstruction materials prevent families from recovering," the statement said.
In the occupied West Bank, at least 12 attacks by Israeli settlers were recorded on Saturday morning, according to the Commission Against Colonisation and the Wall.
Wafa news agency reported that Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers, beating them, spraying them with tear gas, stealing property and raiding homes. They also detained several Palestinians in attacks backed by Israeli military forces.
In the Ramallah and el-Bireh governorate, settlers and soldiers forced farmers off their land and threatened to prevent them from returning. Two farmers were beaten and tear-gassed, while settlers took a vehicle and their phones.
