Israeli Strikes Kill Civilians in Gaza Despite Ceasefire
A fragile ceasefire in Gaza continues to be violated as Israeli airstrikes and gunfire kill Palestinian civilians, including women and children, despite an agreement to halt hostilities.
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect in October 2025, but recent Israeli military operations have repeatedly broken the truce. In multiple incidents over the past week, Israeli strikes have killed at least 10 Palestinians, including a six-month-old baby, a child, and a woman, according to local health officials and witnesses [141375][156710][157545]. Attacks have targeted a police station, a mourning gathering, a home in a refugee camp, and a displacement camp [141375][149631][156710][157545].
On Sunday, an Israeli airstrike hit a home in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing a couple and their six-month-old son, Osama [156710]. Later that day, Israeli gunfire killed a Palestinian man near a United Nations-run medical clinic in the Jabalia refugee camp [156710]. In a separate incident, an Israeli strike on a police post in the Mawasi displacement camp in southern Gaza killed five people and wounded 17 others [167531]. Mawasi was previously designated by Israel as a "humanitarian zone" and housed about 400,000 displaced people in tents [167531].
On Wednesday, an airstrike hit a camp for displaced Palestinians, killing a woman and a child [157545]. Witnesses reported that the strike struck a tent area, causing panic among residents [157545]. Since the ceasefire began, Israeli operations in Gaza have killed 904 people and wounded 2,713 others, according to Palestinian health officials [157545]. The total death toll since the ceasefire started has reached 929, with 2,811 wounded, according to local health authorities [161480][162937].
The Israeli military has not commented on most of these specific incidents [141375][149631][156710][161480]. International mediators have urged both sides to respect the truce, but the new violence raises serious questions about the durability of the agreement [149631][161480]. New rounds of talks are underway in Egypt between a Hamas delegation, Egyptian officials, and mediators from Qatar and the United States to move toward the second phase of the ceasefire [167531].
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