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GAZA: The Israeli military attacked the Gaza Strip for a third day on Thursday night, killing two people, the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency said, in another test of a fragile ceasefire agreement.
One Palestinian was killed by Israeli shelling and another was shot dead by Israeli forces, WAFA said on Friday.
The Israeli military did not immediately reply to a Reuters request for comment.
A third Palestinian died of wounds sustained from previous Israeli shelling, the news agency reported.
The US-brokered ceasefire, which left thorny issues like the disarmament of Hamas and a timeline for Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip unresolved, has been tested by periodic outbreaks of violence since it came into place three weeks ago.
Between Tuesday and Wednesday, Israel retaliated for the death of an Israeli soldier with bombardments that Gaza health authorities said killed 104 people.
Israel said on Wednesday that it remained committed to the ceasefire despite its retaliation.
Israel says the soldier was killed in an attack by gunmen on territory within the “yellow line” where its troops withdrew under the truce. Hamas has rejected the accusation.
Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over two bodies of deceased Israeli hostages on Thursday.
Under the ceasefire accord, Hamas released all living hostages held in Gaza in return for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and wartime detainees, while Israel agreed to pull back its troops, halt its offensive and increase aid.
Hamas also agreed to hand over the remains of all 28 dead hostages in exchange for 360 Palestinian militants killed in the war. After Thursday’s release, it had handed over 17 bodies.
Hamas has said that it will take time to locate and retrieve the bodies of all the remaining hostages. Israel has accused Hamas of violating the truce by stalling in handing over bodies.
Two years of conflict in Gaza have killed over 68,000 Palestinians, according to Gazan health authorities and left the enclave in ruins.

PORT SUDAN: Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said they had arrested several of their fighters accused of committing abuses during the capture of the city of El-Fasher, including a man identified by AFP in multiple execution videos.
The RSF, at war with the army since April 2023, seized El-Fasher — the army’s last stronghold in western Darfur — on Sunday, after an 18-month siege.
In a statement late Thursday, the RSF said it had detained several fighters accused of “violations that occurred during the liberation” of El-Fasher, including one known as Abu Lulu who appeared in multiple videos on his TikTok committing summary executions.
In one clip verified by AFP, he is seen shooting unarmed men at close range. Another shows him standing among armed men near dozens of bodies and burnt vehicles.
The RSF released a video appearing to show Abu Lulu behind bars in what they claimed to be a North Darfur prison. It said “legal committees” had begun investigations “in preparation for bringing them (the fighters) to justice.”
The group also affirmed its adherence to “the law, rules of conduct and military discipline during wartime.”
El-Fasher has been cut off from all communications since its fall, but survivors who reached the nearby town of Tawila told AFP of mass killings, children shot before their parents and civilians beaten and robbed as they fled.
Since Sunday, videos circulating online have showed men in RSF uniforms carrying out summary executions around the city.
UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher told the Security Council on Thursday there were “credible reports of widespread executions” after the RSF entered El-Fasher.
Fletcher said the RSF claimed to be investigating, but questioned its commitment amidst “appalling news” from North Darfur.
The RSF — descended from the Janjaweed militias accused of atrocities in Darfur two decades ago — and the army both face accusations of committing war crimes.