Key facts
- Israeli airstrikes killed three Palestinians and wounded 43 others in Gaza over the past 24 hours.
- The total death toll since the October 2025 ceasefire announcement has reached 1,041.
- Two police officers, including the director of Khan Younis police investigations, were among those killed.
- Hamas accused Israel of a dangerous escalation and called for intervention from mediators.
- The Israeli military confirmed strikes but stated it was unaware of casualties.
- The "Yellow Line" military boundary, imposed since the ceasefire, has expanded, leading to civilian casualties in areas previously outside Israeli control.
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have resulted in the deaths of three Palestinians and wounded 43 others over the past 24 hours, according to Gaza's health ministry. This brings the total death toll since the ceasefire announcement in October 2025 to 1,041.
On Thursday, Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip killed five people and wounded 18 others. Medics reported that a strike on a house in Bani Suhaila killed three people, including a baby girl, and wounded 15, while another strike killed a man and wounded three in the nearby town of Abassan. Nasser Hospital officials later stated a fifth Palestinian was killed by Israeli gunfire in Abassan.
Gaza's Health Ministry indicated that at least 32 people, including 12 children and eight women, were killed in the past 24 hours, marking the highest toll since October 29, 2025. Hamas called the attacks a dangerous escalation and urged Arab mediators, Turkey, and the United States to intervene. Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem accused Israel of changing markings that define areas Israel still occupies, in violation of agreed-upon maps.
Separately, Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in the past 24 hours, including two police officers, in what is described as a violation of the ceasefire deal signed in October. The General Directorate of Police announced that the director of the Khan Younis police investigations department, Wissam Abdel Hadi, and Sergeant Fadi Heikal were killed when their vehicle was targeted in al-Amal neighborhood. Hamas stated that the targeting of Gaza's police force is a continuation of "crimes and terrorism."
An Israeli drone also targeted a gathering of citizens in al-Maghazi refugee camp, killing one Palestinian and injuring several others, including two children. These attacks occurred in areas outside the deployment lines of the Israeli army, within the "Yellow Line" military boundary imposed since the ceasefire, which has been expanding and leading to civilian casualties.