CAIRO, June 2 - Gaza health authorities reported that at least three Palestinians were killed in separate incidents across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, with multiple others wounded.
Medics said an Israeli airstrike struck a vehicle east of Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, killing at least one person and wounding four. The blast left the vehicle described by responders as a mangled skeleton, according to the health officials.
Earlier in the day, another strike in the nearby town of Zawayda killed one person and wounded another, the same sources said. Separately, Israeli gunfire killed one man in northwest Khan Younis, in the southern part of the enclave.
The Israeli military did not immediately issue a comment on any of the incidents.
These fatalities come against the backdrop of a ceasefire agreement brokered in October by U.S. President Donald Trump, which has not halted Israeli attacks in Gaza. Israel and Hamas remain deadlocked in indirect talks over the second phase of that deal - negotiations that are reportedly aimed at issues that include the group's disarmament and the withdrawal of Israeli forces.
The October ceasefire left Israel in control of more than half of the Gaza Strip, while Hamas retained control of a narrow sliver of coastal territory. Since the truce took effect, Gaza health officials report that some 930 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes; these figures do not distinguish between combatants and civilians. During the same period, the Israeli military has said four Israeli soldiers were killed by militants.
The incidents reported on Tuesday underscore the persistence of lethal violence in Gaza even as indirect talks continue and the formal mechanisms of the ceasefire remain unresolved. Limited public comment from the Israeli military on the specific incidents left questions about the immediate circumstances surrounding the strikes and the gunfire.
Health officials provided casualty counts and scene descriptions; no new official statements from Israeli authorities were available at the time of the report.