GAZA, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Three Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire on Saturday in two separate incidents in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian medical and security sources.

People stand in front of destroyed buildings at Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on Feb. 28, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)

Medical sources said that two Palestinians, identified as brothers from the Qaddoum family, were brought dead to the Baptist Hospital in Gaza City following an Israeli airstrike targeting the Shuja'iyya neighborhood in the eastern part of the city.

Palestinian security sources said clashes had broken out earlier between Palestinian gunmen and a group described as "gangs" allegedly operating in coordination with the Israeli army in eastern Gaza City. The group tried to abduct the gunmen from their home, the sources said.

As the gunmen withdrew, an Israeli drone fired a missile at them, killing them, according to the sources.

In a separate incident in the southern Gaza Strip, one Palestinian was killed and several others injured when an Israeli aircraft struck a group of people near the Bani Suheila area, east of Khan Younis, medical sources said.

The Israeli military has not yet commented on the incidents.

Meanwhile, Gaza-based health authorities said in a daily statement on Saturday that one body and 19 injured individuals had been received by hospitals across the Gaza Strip over the past 48 hours.

The statement added that the death toll since the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel on Oct. 10, 2025, has risen to 692, with 1,895 people injured. The total number of deaths since Oct. 7, 2023, has reached 72,268, with 171,995 injured, according to the authorities.