Israeli strikes kill at least 25 Palestinians in Gaza despite ceasefire, health ministry says
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At least 25 Palestinians were killed in four Israeli settlements on Wednesday, in the Gaza Strip under Hamas control since the crackdown began in October, the local Health Ministry said.
Medics said 10 people were killed in the neighborhood of Gaza City of Zeitoun, two in Shejaia Subrab in the east and rest in two separate attacks in Khan Younis in the Souther Gaza strip.
Israel’s military says its forces have been hit by Hamas targets in Gaza after members of the Palestinian group fired back at their forces in a nearly weeks-long violation of law. No Israeli forces were injured.
Hamas condemned the strikes as a dangerous escalation, urging us to “respect its commitment and put immediate pressure on Israel to force it to end and stop its attacks.”
But the US official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Hamas intended to break the ceasefire and not uphold its commitment to demilitarize.
“These desperate tactics will fail,” said the official.
Kifa Mahmoud, 58, said he prayed in the tent, where his family was fed and his four orphaned grandchildren in the camp west of Khan Younis.
“Everybody was crying … people were in pieces. The paramedics couldn’t figure out what [or who] Carrying, “said at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
“We had no notice. We were just sitting in the tent, praying.”
Israel reopened the Zikim crossing north of Gaza to most of the area this week, but aid groups say aid is limited as winter and the rainy season approach.
Repeated firing showed the completeness of the fire. Israel and Hamas have pleaded guilty to the violation of the US – Phase 1 of President Donald Trump’s Plan 20 for the Gaza War.
The attack was beyond the permitted limits of the “yellow line” that separates the Palestinian territories from Israel and Palestine, according to Palestinian media.
The Zeatousal attack was on a building owned by the Muslim community, and the Khan Younis attack was on the United Nations-Run Club, both of which were shot by families.
Oct. 10 A ceasefire in the two-year Gaza war has eased the conflict, prompting hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to return to Gaza’s ruins. Israel has pulled troops back from the city’s positions, and the flow of aid has increased somewhat.
But the violence does not stop completely. Palestinian health authorities say Israeli forces have killed 305 people in Gaza since it began – nearly half of them in a single day last week when Israel renewed attacks on its forces.
Israel says three of its soldiers have been killed since the ceasefire began.
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Meanwhile, the Gaza-based company that operates a wastewater treatment plant that serves nearly half of Cundave’s population on Tuesday resumed security after Hamas-led security released a member of staff arrested on Monday.
The Abdul Salam Yassin company said in a statement to employees that “we are well and in good health.”
The company apologized for what it said was a “misunderstanding” that led to the red-lining of its employee and reaffirmed its respect for the Hamas-led government in Gaza.
As Palestinians struggle to rebuild their lives amid the fragility of limited resources, electricity crews have begun work to restore power to parts of the Gaza Strip.
Hamas government officials declined to comment on the arrests.
Israel stopped all water and electricity supplies to Gaza early in the war caused by Hamas’s border attack in October 2023, but has reduced some of the supplies over time.
Much of the water and sanitation infrastructure has been destroyed and pumps from their aquifers often rely on electricity from small generators. But the fuel for those insurgents is rarely provided by Israeli curbs given in delivery, putting the risk of diversity in the hands of Hamas.
The company’s work is important to the people of Gaza, where clean water is scarce. It owns three large shrinking plants, and 80 smaller ones in the field. It also has more than 70 trucks carrying water containers across Gaza.
