Local sources reported that Israeli airstrikes targeted areas east of Gaza City and Deir al-Balah, while two violent explosions rocked the northern Gaza Strip and Gaza City as a result of demolition operations carried out by the army to destroy what remained of buildings and facilities east of Sheikh Zayed City in the north.
In the same context, Israeli warships fired their machine guns towards the coast of Gaza City, while a military helicopter fired towards the eastern areas of the city, coinciding with heavy gunfire from military vehicles.
Heavy gunfire from Israeli vehicles was also reported in the eastern areas of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, according to eyewitnesses. The number of casualties from the shelling is not yet known.
The occupation army continues to control the southern and eastern strips of the Gaza Strip, in addition to large parts of its north, occupying more than 50% of the Strip's area, according to Israeli military data.
In a notable development, the occupation forces issued the first evacuation warning since the ceasefire, dropping warning leaflets on dozens of Palestinian families in the Bani Suheila area east of Khan Younis, demanding that they leave their homes immediately.
The leaflets, written in Arabic, Hebrew and English, carried a message that read: "Urgent message... This area is under army control. You must evacuate immediately. You are putting your life at risk."
The Israeli army denied having plans to forcibly displace Palestinians, stressing that the purpose of the leaflets was to warn residents against approaching what it described as the "ceasefire line" with Hamas.
Local residents reported that the evacuation orders affected at least 70 families living in tents and partially damaged houses in the al-Raqab neighborhood of Bani Suheila. One resident confirmed that this was the fourth or fifth time he had been forced to flee, noting that the army was gradually expanding its control by 120 to 150 meters at a time.
For his part, Ismail al-Thawabta, director of the government media office in Gaza, told Reuters that the Israeli army had expanded its control in eastern Khan Younis five times since the ceasefire began, displacing at least 9,000 people.
He added that the recent eviction orders include about three thousand Palestinians, and have caused the displacement of entire residential blocks and exacerbated the humanitarian crisis in the governorate.
The Israeli army had previously announced that it opened fire after spotting what it called "terrorists" approaching its forces, confirming that it would continue to carry out airstrikes and targeted operations throughout the Gaza Strip, and stressing that it views any attempts to attack Israel "with extreme seriousness".
Since the agreement came into effect, Israel has killed 483 Palestinians and injured 1,287 others, and severely restricts the entry of food, shelter and medical supplies into Gaza, where some 2.4 million Palestinians live in dire conditions.
The Israeli genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023 has left more than 71,000 martyrs and more than 171,000 wounded Palestinians, most of them children and women, and has destroyed 90 percent of the
civilian infrastructure, with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at about $70 billion.
