GAZA CITY, Palestine

A Palestinian was killed and another injured in an Israeli drone strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday despite a ceasefire agreement, a medical source said.

The source said the casualties occurred when a drone hit a group of people in eastern Rafah and they were transferred to the European Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis.

According to witnesses, the Israeli drone fired a missile into a group of Palestinians inspecting their homes in the Abu Halawa area in Rafah.

The Israeli army confirmed targeting two Palestinians in southern Gaza for allegedly assembling a drone.

Meanwhile, the army blew up several Palestinian homes in Tel al-Sultan neighborhood in western Rafah, eyewitnesses said.

The area is close to the Philadelphi Corridor between Gaza and Egypt, where the Israeli army forces are deployed.

Under the ceasefire agreement, the Israeli army is scheduled to withdraw from the corridor on day 42 of the deal.

On Tuesday, Gaza’s Health Ministry said that 92 Palestinians were killed and 822 others injured in direct Israeli attacks since the ceasefire on Jan. 19.

An official Palestinian source also told Anadolu that Israel committed nearly 270 violations of the ceasefire agreement, including denying access to relief materials, including tents and caravans for displaced civilians.

The ceasefire deal halted Israel’s genocidal war that has killed over 48,200 people and left the enclave in ruins.

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.