GAZA, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Two Palestinians were killed Saturday in an Israeli airstrike targeting a police checkpoint in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources.

Medical sources at Nasser Hospital told Xinhua that ambulance crews transported the bodies of two people killed in the Israeli strike.

Palestinian security sources told Xinhua that an Israeli drone fired at least one missile at a police checkpoint during an operation in the al-Amal neighborhood, north of Khan Younis, killing two people and wounding several others.

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military on the incident.

Meanwhile, Israeli artillery continued shelling other parts of the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses.

In a press statement, the Gaza-based health authorities said that since the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel came into effect in October 2025, 658 Palestinians have been killed and 1,754 others wounded by Israeli fire and shelling.

The statement added that the total Palestinian death toll since the outbreak of the October 7, 2023, attack has risen to 72,234, with 171,852 others wounded. ■