Key facts
- At least five Palestinians, including two children, were killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza on Sunday and Monday.
- An Israeli strike on a residential building in southern Lebanon killed at least 11 people, including two infants.
- Jewish settlers shot and killed a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank.
- Iran accused the US of starting the conflict and driving up global energy prices.
- Severe food insecurity persists in Gaza, with nearly half of surveyed individuals reporting going to bed hungry.
At least five Palestinians, including two children, were killed in multiple Israeli strikes across Gaza on Sunday and Monday. These attacks occurred despite a US-brokered ceasefire that has been in place since October 2025.
One drone strike on Sunday targeted a car in the al-Nasr neighborhood, resulting in one death and several injuries. In Deir al-Balah, a young boy was reportedly killed by artillery shelling on a school sheltering displaced people. Earlier, a girl and her father were killed while traveling in Gaza City.
On Monday, an Israeli strike on a residential building in the southern Lebanese town of Kfar Rumman killed at least 11 people, including two infants, with five others wounded. Separately, Jewish settlers shot and killed a Palestinian man in Hajeh village, east of Qalqilya in the northern occupied West Bank.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei accused the US of starting the conflict and driving up global energy prices. He stated Washington’s "illegal and brutal war" disrupted commercial shipping and halted oil tankers.
Since the US-brokered truce in October 2025, Israeli attacks have resulted in the deaths of at least 1,098 Palestinians in Gaza, according to the territory's Health Ministry. The ministry also reported that at least 73,118 Palestinians have been killed since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza in October 2023.
The latest violence occurs amid severe food insecurity in Gaza, with data from the UN World Food Programme showing that 46 percent of surveyed individuals reported going to bed hungry at least once in the previous 30 days. Access to food remains constrained due to Israeli restrictions on the entry of goods, with the daily average of trucks crossing into Gaza at 217, far below the 600 trucks per day agreed under the ceasefire.
Hamas leaders visited Cairo for talks on implementing the second phase of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, which includes Hamas disarmament and Israeli army withdrawals, though no breakthrough has been achieved.