Medical sources said that the bodies of the two Palestinians, Atef Samir Al-Bayouk and Mahmoud Sobhi Breika, arrived at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, after they were targeted by an Israeli quadcopter drone in the "Al-Balad" area in the center of the city.
The sources added that a Palestinian woman was injured after being shot by the occupation forces in the “Al-Batn Al-Samin” area south of Khan Yunis, and was transferred to receive treatment.
The sources explained that the areas that witnessed these attacks were among the areas from which the Israeli occupation army withdrew as part of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement, which constitutes a direct violation of the terms of the agreement.
In the morning hours, eyewitnesses reported that Israeli army vehicles opened heavy fire east of Khan Younis, coinciding with artillery shelling that targeted the southern part of the Al-Mawasi area west of Rafah.
In Gaza City, local sources reported that the occupation aircraft launched a violent air raid east of the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, in areas that are still under its control. It also carried out artillery shelling east of the city, and its vehicles opened fire east of the Al-Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip, without any immediate information about injuries or material damage as a result of these attacks.
In a related context, Dr. Muhammad Abu Salmiya, director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex in the Gaza Strip, announced on Monday the spread of respiratory viruses that are killing Palestinians as a result of the collapse of immunity due to Israeli starvation, coupled with a severe deficit in the health system.
The official “Voice of Palestine” radio station quoted Abu Salmiya as saying that there is “a spread of respiratory viruses that are likely to be mutated strains of influenza or coronavirus.”
He added that it is devastating the population due to the complete collapse of the immune system resulting from famine and malnutrition. He described the situation in the Gaza Strip as "tragic and bleak" due to the combined effects of "the war of extermination and the spread of epidemics among the displaced population."
The Gaza Strip has been suffering from a catastrophic health situation since Israel began a two-year war of genocide on October 8, 2023, which resulted in widespread destruction of hospitals and health facilities, and a severe shortage of medicines and medical equipment.
A large part of the Gaza population suffers from malnutrition and famine as a result of food insecurity and high poverty rates, which weakens their immunity and increases their exposure to infections and epidemics compared to the population in normal conditions.
Abu Salmiya stressed that "the health system is facing a severe shortage as a result of the restrictions imposed by the occupation preventing the entry of medicines, medical supplies and equipment necessary for examination and diagnosis."
He pointed out that four children have died as a result of the extreme cold since the beginning of winter, due to the lack of heating inside the tents of the displaced people.
He said that "the pressure on hospitals has exceeded their capacity, with bed occupancy reaching 150 percent, and providing annual vaccinations to vulnerable groups is still impossible."
He warned that continued overcrowding in shelters, coupled with the absence of urgent medical intervention, "will exacerbate the disaster and increase the number of deaths due to diseases and harsh weather conditions."
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are living through a worsening humanitarian crisis that has not seen any tangible improvement despite the ceasefire agreement in effect since October 10, 2025, due to Israel's failure to fulfill its obligations under the agreement, including opening the crossings and allowing the entry of the agreed-upon quantities of food, relief, and medical aid.
Israel imposes restrictions on the entry of medicines, medical supplies, and testing and diagnostic equipment into the Gaza Strip, which hinders the provision of basic health care and affects the ability of hospitals to deal with infectious and emergency diseases.
According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, the shortage in drug lists reached 52 percent, while it reached about 71 percent in medical consumables lists.
Since the ceasefire agreement came into effect, Israel has killed 442 Palestinians and injured 1,236 others, according to local data, in addition to tightening restrictions on the entry of food, medical supplies and shelter materials into the Gaza Strip, where about 2.4 million Palestinians are living in catastrophic humanitarian conditions.
The ongoing Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip since October 8, 2023, has left more than 71,000 martyrs and about 171,000 wounded, most of them children and women, in addition to widespread destruction affecting nearly 90% of the civilian infrastructure, while the United Nations estimated the cost of reconstruction at about $70 billion.
The roots of the Palestinian issue go back to 1948, when Israel was established on Palestinian lands occupied by armed Zionist gangs who committed massacres and displaced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, before later continuing to occupy the rest of the Palestinian lands, while refusing to withdraw and establish an independent Palestinian state.
