Israeli attacks in Gaza on Thursday killed at least two Palestinians, according to the Palestinian medics speaking to Reuters, as the IDF continues its constant violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal.
The Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that one of the strikes targeted a residential building in Gaza City, killing one and wounding several others.
Medics told Reuters that two other Palestinians were killed by attacks in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. The WAFA report said one of the strikes targeted a group of civilians west of Nuseirat.
The Israeli military claimed to Reuters that the strike in Gaza City killed a “militant,” but it offered no evidence for the claim, and regardless of who was targeted, each Israeli strike violates the October 2025 ceasefire deal, which called for a halt to all military operations, including “aerial and artillery bombardment and targeting operations.”
Gaza’s Health Ministry said in its daily update on Thursday that it recorded seven injuries sustained by Israeli attacks over the previous 24-hour period. It said that since the so-called ceasefire deal was signed, the IDF has killed at least 981 Palestinians in Gaza and injured 3,111.
“A number of victims are still under the rubble and in the streets, as ambulance and civil defense crews have been unable to reach them so far,” the ministry wrote on Telegram.
Israel has also violated the ceasefire deal by expanding its control of Gaza from 53% of the territory to 60% as it has moved the “yellow line” further west. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last week that he ordered the IDF to expand its occupation to 70% of the Palestinian territory.
The ceasefire deal states that the “IDF will not return to areas that have been withdrawn from, as long as Hamas fully implements the agreement,” and Hamas has fulfilled its side of the deal by releasing all living Israeli hostages and bodies that it had and working to recover other Israeli remains.
Israeli officials have claimed Hamas is violating the deal by not disarming, but the agreement didn’t commit Hamas to giving up its weapons. The two sides agreed to a US proposal that called for the “demilitarization” of Gaza as a framework for negotiations, but the issue of disarmament was meant to be worked out in follow-up negotiations.
