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 has expanded, leading to civilian casualties in areas previously outside Israeli control.
Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip have resulted in the deaths of at least 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.
An Israeli drone struck the al-Salatin area, west of Beit Lahia, killing two people and wounding at least one more. In southern Gaza, Israeli forces bombed a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis with a missile, wounding several people who were taken to hospital. Medical staff at Nasser Medical Complex received the body of one unidentified person following the attack on the tent.
Earlier, health officials in Gaza stated that Israel’s war on the enclave had killed at least 73,054 Palestinians and wounded 173,480 since October 7, 2023. Hospitals received three bodies and treated 43 wounded people over the past 24 hours.
Hamas has 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. The Israeli military confirmed strikes but stated it was unaware of casualties.
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.