3 Palestinians wounded by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank and Gaza
On the morning of Thursday, April 30, 2026, a Palestinian fisherman was wounded by Israeli gunboats off the coast of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in a new incident that reflects the continued Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement in force since October 2025.
Medical sources said that ambulance crews transported the injured fisherman from the Rafah Sea after he was subjected to direct fire from Israeli boats off the northwest coast of the city, noting that his condition is stable.
Early today, Israeli artillery shelled areas northeast of al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip with several shells, with no injuries reported, eyewitnesses told Anatolia.
Ongoing violations despite the truce
These incidents are part of a series of ongoing violations of the truce reached on October 10, 2025, two years after Israel launched a war of extermination on the Gaza Strip since October 2023 with US support.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, these violations have resulted in the death of 823 Palestinians and the wounding of 2,308 others in shelling and shooting since the agreement came into force.
Official data indicate that the war that preceded the truce left more than 72,000 dead and 172,000 wounded, in addition to extensive destruction that affected about 90% of the civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, including hospitals and vital facilities.
Attacks escalate in the West Bank
In the West Bank, a Palestinian citizen and his son were injured on Thursday in an attack carried out by Israeli settlers in the northern Jordan Valley.
Local sources said that the settlers attacked the man in the Ein al-Hilweh area, which led to his injury to the head, while his son was injured in various bruises, and they were transferred to the hospital to receive treatment.
The Jordan Valley is witnessing an escalation in settler attacks on Palestinians and their properties, as the Anti-Wall and Settlement Commission recorded 1,819 attacks during March, including 1,322 carried out by Israeli forces and 497 carried out by settlers.
Since October 2023, attacks by the army and settlers in the West Bank have resulted in the death of at least 1,154 Palestinians and the injury of about 11,750 others, in addition to the arrest of nearly 22,000 people, according to official Palestinian data.
Settlement accelerates despite international condemnation
In a related context, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned Israel's approval of the establishment of 126 new settlement units in the northern West Bank, considering that the move "undermines the chances of peace and deepens the apartheid regime."
The ministry said Israel "has no sovereignty over the Occupied Palestinian Territory" and that all settlement activities are "legally null and void and constitute a flagrant violation of international law and UN resolutions."
An estimated 750,000 settlers in the West Bank, including 250,000 in East Jerusalem, are in settlements that the United Nations considers illegal.
Palestinian Doctor Detained Without Charge
In Gaza, an Israeli court extended the detention of the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Dr. Hussam Abu Safieh, without charges, amid harsh conditions of detention and denial of treatment, according to Physicians for Human Rights.
The organization said that the court approved the extension of his detention under the "unlawful combatants" law, without specifying a period of time, despite his deteriorating health.
The Israeli occupation forces arrested the doctor in December 2024 during the war on Gaza, and his detention has been repeatedly renewed since then.
International human rights organizations describe this type of detention as arbitrary and contrary to international fair trial standards, noting that Abu Safieh is one of the most prominent doctors who continued to work in extremely difficult humanitarian conditions during the war.