Israel kills 3 in Gaza as far-right minister plans for Palestinian removals

Israeli drone strike and gunfire kills and injures people across the Gaza Strip despite ‘ceasefire’.Israeli attacks have killed at least three people and injured several others across Gaza, as Israeli officials push a plan calling for the Palestinians" class="entity-link entity-topic" data-entity-id="199758" data-entity-type="topic">removal of Palestinians from the Strip.An Israeli drone strike on Thursday in the Rimal neighbourhood of western Gaza City killed one person and injured several others, medical sources told Al Jazeera reporters on the ground.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israeli air strikes on Gaza kill at least five peoplelist 2 of 3Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least five, including childrenlist 3 of 3Israeli strike kills 3-year-old child in Gazaend of listThe Palestinian Wafa news agency said the Israeli drone had fired at least two missiles at a group of civilians in the neighbourhood.Separately, two Palestinians were killed and others were injured in the northern town of Beit Lahia when Israeli forces opened fire at a group of Palestinians, Wafa reported.Nour Khaled, an Al Jazeera reporter in Gaza, said one of the two victims was a 13-year-old child and the other was an adult who was seriously injured in the attack and passed away after being transferred to a medical point.The Israeli military meanwhile claimed that its forces had identified two “terrorists who crossed the Yellow Line” in northern Gaza, who they then “eliminated in order to remove the threat they posed”. The so-called Yellow Line is a buffer zone within Gaza established as part of the “ceasefire”.The ongoing Israeli attacks come despite a United States-brokered “ceasefire” that came into effect in October.Although major fighting halted in the strip after the agreement, deadly Israeli strikes have continued.Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s far-right national security minister [File: Amir Levy/Getty Images]Israeli plan to remove Palestinians from GazaWhile Israeli attacks continue, Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir revealed on Thursday a plan for the removal of the roughly two million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip within seven years.