GAZA CITY, Palestine 

Seven Palestinians, including a child, were injured Sunday in two Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip despite a ceasefire agreement in the enclave, a medical source said.

Witnesses said an Israeli drone struck a vehicle on the coastal Al-Rashid Road, west of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
The medical source said that five people were injured, including a child in critical condition.

Two more Palestinians were injured when a drone hit a bulldozer in al-Faraheen area, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, the source added.

The attacks came hours after another Israeli drone fired two missiles near a cart traveling along the same road, but no injuries were reported.

According to witnesses, the strike caused panic among Palestinians using the road to return to areas in northern Gaza.

Israeli forces also opened fire towards Palestinian homes east of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza and in eastern Rafah in southern Gaza.

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians began to return Monday to their homes and areas in northern Gaza for the first time since the ceasefire took effect on Jan. 19.

The three-phase ceasefire agreement includes a prisoner exchange and sustained calm, aiming for a permanent truce and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.

Palestinian factions have released 18 captives under the agreement in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

Israel’s genocidal war has killed more than 47,400 Palestinians, most of them women and children, in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023 and reduced much of the area to rubble.

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants in November last year for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.