The Gaza Health Ministry said Wednesday that Israeli operations have killed 1,005 Palestinians since a ceasefire was reached last October.
The enclave has seen near-daily strikes, as well as shelling and gunfire along the boundary that divides Gaza into Israeli and Palestinian-controlled zones, and the most recent deaths were recorded after a series of Israeli drone strikes in the past few days on towns and refugee camps in central Gaza and Gaza City.
Also Wednesday, an Israeli strike killed two Palestinians and wounded six others in Khan Younis, Nasser Hospital said; the Israeli military acknowledged carrying out the strike and said the target was a "terrorist," but didn't elaborate, and families at the hospital said the strike targeted a group of people near the beach in the sprawling tent camp of Muwasi, where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians live.
Israel has said it is continuing to operate against Hamas and allied militants in Gaza and has expanded the amount of territory it controls inside the strip, and both sides have accused the other of violating the ceasefire.
In a separate statement Wednesday, the Israeli military said that it killed two militants from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in strikes over the weekend.
Gaza's Health Ministry on Sunday said the death toll from the Israel-Hamas war had surpassed 73,000 in Gaza; the ministry doesn't differentiate between civilians and combatants and is staffed by medical professionals that maintain detailed records viewed as generally reliable by the international community.
The war erupted when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel, killing 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 251 hostage, on Oct. 7, 2023, and in response Israeli leaders promised a punishing offensive on the Gaza Strip to annihilate Hamas and free the hostages.