Five killed in Gaza attacks, while Israel pounds Khan Younis, Jabalia camp

Israeli aircraft and artillery have targeted Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip and the Jabalia refugee camp in the north, in another breach of the ceasefire covering the enclave.

Israeli forces destroyed the remaining schools operated by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in Jabalia refugee camp after shelling the area.

A Palestinian child was also shot in the back while sleeping in a tent in the al-Maslakh area. Israeli troops have repeatedly opened fire on areas not under their control, often with indiscriminate gunfire.

At least five Palestinians were killed and four injured in Israeli attacks over the past 24 hours, Gaza’s health ministry said.

The UN has begun clearing waste from the Fras Market in Gaza City, where rubbish had accumulated to around 300,000 cubic metres, reaching heights of 13 metres, according to Alessandro Mrakic, head of the UN Development Programme.

The UNDP plans to transfer the waste to a new 75,000-square-metre site to enable daily collection, Mrakic told Reuters.

Hamas said it would support the deployment of Indonesian troops to Gaza as part of a proposed "International Stabilisation Force", with spokesperson Hazem Qasem stating that any deployment must be strictly for peacekeeping purposes.

Osama Hamdan, another Hamas official, denied that the group had received any formal disarmament proposals from mediators, reiterating that "resistance is a right as long as the [Israeli] occupation continues".

Palestinians continue to enter and leave Gaza in limited numbers after the Rafah crossing reopened last week, mostly for medical treatment abroad.

Gaza’s government media office said only 488 people have used the crossing since its reopening, including 275 who departed and 213 who returned.

In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces stormed the home of Musab Dweiyat in Sur Baher, East Jerusalem, days after his release from prison, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.

Forces also raided the Wadi Qaddum neighbourhood of Silwan, while Israeli settlers entered the town of al-Eizariya south of Jerusalem.

The raids follow demolitions carried out by Israeli forces in the Wadi al-Qarashiya area of Yatta and in Beit Ummar north of Hebron, while settlers forced 15 families to flee their homes near Jericho.

The latest incursions come amid backlash over new Israeli regulations governing land purchases in the occupied West Bank, which critics say further entrench annexation. The UN, EU, Germany, the UK and Canada have condemned the move.