4 martyrs, including a child, and the occupation expands its control in central Gaza news

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced today, Monday, that 4 people were killed and 8 others were injured during the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll of the genocide committed by Israel since October 2023 to 73,58 people.

Three Palestinians, including a child, were martyred this morning in a raid launched by an Israeli drone on a gathering of civilians in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, in light of the occupation army’s continued violations of the ceasefire agreement.

Medical and journalistic sources reported that an Israeli drone bombed the vicinity of the Wadi al-Salqa Bridge on Al-Baraka Street in the city of Deir al-Balah, which led to the martyrdom of Ali Fayez Isbitan, Hassan Salman al-Hanajra, and the child Malik Wael Abu Shawish (8 years old), and the wounding of a number of other citizens in the vicinity of the place.

In parallel with the field bombing, Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army expanded its occupation of areas in the central Gaza Strip by moving what is known as the “yellow line” an additional 150 meters, in a new violation of the ceasefire agreement that entered into force on October 10, 2025.

According to local sources, the occupation army’s vehicles removed the cement cubes symbolizing the “yellow line” towards the west, from the vicinity of the electricity company in the south towards the Wadi Gaza Bridge in the north.

On Monday morning, residents were surprised by the placement of cement cubes along Salah al-Din Street in the area, indicating the expansion of the areas under the Israeli army’s control, in clear violation of what was stipulated in the ceasefire agreement.

The “yellow line” means a concentration line imposed by the occupation army inside the Gaza Strip as part of the arrangements for the first phase of the ceasefire agreement, which stipulated in its terms the cessation of fighting, the exchange of prisoners, the opening of the Rafah crossing, and the entry of aid, in addition to a partial Israeli withdrawal from inside Gaza.

However, Israel shied away from its obligations and continued its military operations, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statements confirm the expansion of military control within the Strip from 53% of its area when the agreement entered into force, to 60% on May 15, then to 70% at the present time.

Since the start of the Israeli war of extermination on October 8, 2023, Israel has killed more than 73,000 Palestinians and wounded more than 173,000 others, in addition to widespread destruction that affected 90% of the civilian infrastructure in the Strip.