Palestinian man said killed by IDF in Gaza City

A Palestinian man was reportedly shot dead by the IDF earlier today on the Israeli-controlled side of the Gaza ceasefire line in eastern Gaza City’s Shejaiya, in the northern Gaza Strip.

The IDF has not commented on the reports, but regularly says such shootings come in response to ceasefire violations.

Palestinian media identified the man killed as Faraj Salem, 30, and said his body was taken to Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital.

The Strip’s Hamas-run health ministry confirmed in a noon report that Gaza hospitals had received the bodies of two people killed by the IDF over the past 24 hours.

The report did not identify the dead or say where they were killed or in what circumstances.

However, the toll appeared to include Salem as well as a man whom the IDF yesterday said it killed in northern Gaza after he crossed the ceasefire line and approached troops “in a manner that posed an immediate threat.”

Palestinian media reported shortly past noon yesterday that Muhammad Abu Rukbah, 33, was killed by IDF gunfire close to the ceasefire line, on the Israeli-controlled side. His body was reportedly brought to Shifa Hospital.

The Hamas-run health ministry also said in its report that Gaza hospitals had received 25 people wounded by IDF gunfire over the past 24 hours.

The report did not identify the people, say where they were injured or specify the severity of the wounds.