Woman, 27, said killed by IDF in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya

A woman was killed this morning by IDF gunfire on the Hamas-controlled side of the Gaza ceasefire line in Beit Lahiya, in the Strip’s north, according to Palestinian media.

She is identified as Basma Aram Banat, 27. Her body was reportedly brought to Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital.

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

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

The statement did not identify the dead or wounded or specify where they were targeted or the severity of the wounds.

Palestinian media yesterday reported two men killed by IDF gunfire around noon, including 30-year-old Majed Abu Maaruf in northern Gaza’s Jabalia and 46-year-old Osama al-Najjar near southern Gaza’s Khan Younis.

Najjar’s body was reportedly brought to Khan Younis’s Nasser Hospital. There did not appear to be reports that Abu Maaruf’s body had been brought to a hospital.

The IDF on Saturday said it killed a “terrorist” who crossed the ceasefire line in northern Gaza and endangered troops. The military has not commented on the reports that it also killed a man in southern Gaza.

As of today, the IDF has killed 614 Palestinians throughout the ceasefire that began in October, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. The figure cannot be independently verified and does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.