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Israel Kills at Least Three Palestinians in Gaza City Drone Strike

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At least three Palestinians have been killed and several others wounded in an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle in Gaza City. The attack comes despite a US-brokered ceasefire announced in October last year, with Gaza's Health Ministry reporting over 1,007 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire since the truce.

The Gaza City Drone Strike

At least three Palestinians have been killed and several others wounded after an Israeli drone struck a vehicle near Abu Khadra Mosque in the Rimal neighbourhood of western Gaza City, according to medical sources.

Al Jazeera's Hind Khoudary, reporting from Gaza City, said the attack on Thursday was the first explosion in the area after a few "calm and quiet" days.

Minutes after the strike, locals said the target was a jeep driven by civilians. Only one of the three victims has been identified: Abdul Jawad Abu Lebn, who was set to get married next week. Wedding invitations were found inside the car.

The Ongoing Violence in Gaza

Earlier on Thursday, Israeli fire wounded a fisherman off Gaza's coast and a man near Khan Younis in the south, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported. A girl was also killed in Israeli gunfire in Beit Lahiya, in northern Gaza, according to Al Jazeera's correspondents on the ground.

The latest series of deadly attacks comes despite a US-brokered "ceasefire" announced in October last year. Gaza's Health Ministry says at least 1,007 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the truce took effect, bringing the overall death toll in the enclave to 73,018 since October 7, 2023.

Peace Board Plans for Gaza

The National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG) said on Thursday that it had finalised priorities for recovery and reconstruction and was ready to begin field operations "once conditions permit".

The NCAG, which is composed of independent Palestinian technocrats, said the announcement followed a coordination meeting in Cairo with British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to discuss recovery and reconstruction priorities in Gaza.

The committee is overseen by the Board of Peace, which includes US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Countries Condemn West Bank Mosque Attack

Amid continued Israeli attacks in Gaza, violence has not halted in the occupied West Bank. In a joint statement on Thursday, eight countries condemned what they described as an escalation in Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, following attacks on mosques north of Ramallah.

The foreign ministers of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan, Egypt and Turkiye denounced recent attacks on the Great Mosque in Jiljilya and the Farouk Mosque in the Nubani area.