Israeli attacks in Gaza on Thursday have killed at least three Palestinians, as the IDF continues its constant violations of the October 2025 ceasefire deal despite the US announcing that a deal had been reached that would see Hamas give up its weapons.
Sources told the Palestinian news agency WAFA that Israeli troops opened fire on a group of Palestinians in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza. At least two Palestinians were killed, and several others were injured.
The IDF claimed in a statement that its forces “eliminated two terrorists who crossed the yellow line in northern Gaza” and posed a threat to Israeli troops, but it offered no evidence, and the statement didn’t allege that the Palestinians they fired on were armed.
Later in the day, an Israeli strike hit Gaza City’s Rimal neighborhood near a building belonging to the Near East Council of Churches, a Christian organization that provides healthcare and other services to Palestinians in Gaza. WAFA reported that the strike hit a group of civilians, killing at least one and wounding several others.
Gaza’s Health Ministry didn’t release an update on Thursday but said on Wednesday that since the so-called ceasefire deal was signed in October 2025, Israeli attacks have killed at least 1,334 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded 4,429. “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.
The US has continued to support Israel’s attacks in Gaza despite President Trump saying they must end since Hamas agreed to give up its weapons. Israeli media reported that a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, that took place on August 17 ended with an agreement that Israel would continue bombing Gaza.
