Israeli fire kills three people in Gaza, tension rises

In the southern Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said it killed another “terrorist” in an airstrike after he approached troops operating in the area, posing an immediate threat.

Fighting has largely abated since Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas agreed to a ceasefire in October, two years into the war, but it has not stopped entirely. Israel and Hamas have traded blame over the violations of the deal.

A Hamas official told Reuters on Sunday (Jan ‌11)that the group urged mediators to intervene to stop “daily Israeli killings that aim to derail the ceasefire deal”.

More than 440 Palestinians, most of them civilians according to Gaza health officials, have been killed since the truce, as well as three Israeli soldiers.