GAZA: Israeli planes and tanks pounded areas in eastern Gaza on Thursday, Palestinian residents and witnesses said, a day after Israel said it remained committed to a US-backed ceasefire despite launching more lethal bombardments in the territory.
Witnesses said Israeli planes carried out 10 air strikes in areas east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, while tanks shelled areas east of Gaza City in the north. No injuries or deaths were reported.
The strikes were the latest test of the fragile ceasefire that came into effect on October 10 in the conflict.
"We're scared that another war will break out, because we don't want a war. We've suffered two years of displacement. We don't know where to go or where to come," said a displaced man, Fathi al Najjar, in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.
At the tent encampment where Najjar spoke, girls and boys were filling plastic bottles with water from metal containers placed on the side of the street, and women cooked food for their families using clay-made firewood ovens.
Meanwhile, Israel said its security forces in the Gaza Strip had received from the Red Cross the remains of two captives returned by Hamas on Thursday as part of a ceasefire deal. Hamas had earlier announced it would return two bodies on Thursday afternoon.
Not including the latest two, the group has so far given back the remains of 15 of the 28 deceased captives that Hamas had agreed to return as part of the US-brokered truce deal with Israel. SEE ALSO P3
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