Two Gazans reported killed and several wounded by IDF strikes in the past day

Gaza hospitals have over the past 24 hours received the bodies of two people killed by the IDF during that period and of five people killed before then, the Strip’s Hamas-run health ministry says in an afternoon report.

The report does not identify the dead or say where they were killed.

Arabic media reported earlier today that Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis had received the bodies of at least two people said to have been killed by IDF drone strikes on the Hamas-controlled side of the ceasefire line south of Khan Younis. They were identified as Mahmoud Burayka, 40, and Atef al-Bayouk, who was described as a young man but whose age was not reported. The IDF has not commented on the reports that it struck near Khan Younis.

Gaza hospitals also received four people wounded by the IDF in the past 24 hours, according to the health ministry. The statement does not specify where the people were injured or the severity of their wounds.

Palestinian media reports that a woman arrived at Nasser Hospital today after being wounded by IDF gunfire west of Khan Younis. Medics cited by Palestinian media also reported three people wounded by IDF gunfire last night in the Strip’s north, where the IDF said it carried out an airstrike on two suspects who had crossed the ceasefire line and approached Israeli troops near the Jabalia refugee camp.

Additionally, the Hamas-run health ministry reports a 7-day-old girl and a 4-year-old boy died over the past day as a result of cold exposure, raising the number of such cases this winter season to six. The ministry does not give their names or say where they died.