Israeli Troops Kill Five Palestinians Despite Claims Of Ceasefire With Gaza

Israeli forces have shot and killed at least five Palestinians in the Shujayea neighbourhood of Gaza City, while two others were wounded in a separate attack in Khan Younis, amid renewed gunfire and growing doubts about the durability of the newly declared ceasefire.

In a statement, the Israeli military claimed that its troops opened fire on “a number of Palestinians” who allegedly approached soldiers stationed along the redeployment line in the two areas, according to Al Jazeera.

Witnesses, however, said many of those targeted were civilians attempting to return home to inspect the ruins of their neighbourhoods following weeks of bombardment, according to Al Jazeera.

Gunfire was still being heard across parts of eastern Gaza on Tuesday morning, as Israeli troops reportedly fired at any movement near their positions.

The fragile truce has allowed thousands of displaced Palestinians to return to find their homes flattened and infrastructure destroyed.

Meanwhile, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said his government would work with Gulf countries, the United States, and European partners to finance Gaza’s reconstruction under the new ceasefire framework.

Speaking to reporters aboard his flight from Sharm el-Sheikh, Erdoğan said funding would be “swiftly provided” and urged world leaders to treat recent recognitions of a Palestinian state as “building blocks toward a two-state solution.”

In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces carried out overnight raids in Ramallah, el-Bireh, and Hebron, storming several neighbourhoods and detaining dozens. Local reports described the operations as part of a broader crackdown amid mounting protests against the Gaza assault.

Palestinian detainees released from Israeli prisons on Monday accused authorities of beating and humiliating them before their release, saying that more than 10,000 Palestinians remain “unlawfully imprisoned.”

Despite ongoing violence, former U.S. President Donald Trump insisted that the Gaza ceasefire deal would bring “lasting peace” to the Middle East — a claim many analysts have dismissed as unrealistic.

Sultan Barakat, a professor at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, told Al Jazeera that Trump’s approach was “narrow and self-congratulatory.”

> “He would like everyone to be incredibly grateful that he stopped the killing, which should not have been happening in the first place,” Barakat said, adding that Trump’s vision had shifted from a “grand plan” for peace to a limited focus on Gaza’s reconstruction.

In Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reaffirmed his country’s support for a Palestinian state “within pre-1967 borders,” calling it the cornerstone of Islamabad’s Middle East policy. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Sharif said Pakistan’s priority at the recent Egypt summit was an “immediate cessation of the genocidal campaign imposed on Gaza.”

His remarks came amid backlash over his announcement that he plans to nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.

On the ground, Gaza’s Civil Defence spokesman Mahmoud Basal said rescuers had recovered more than 250 bodies from beneath the rubble despite severe equipment shortages. “The psychological impact and trauma are profound,” said Balakrishnan Rajagopal, the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, warning that Gaza’s recovery could “take generations.”