JERUSALEM — At least four people have been killed and dozens injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza in the latest violation of a ceasefire that was meant to help end the genocide.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health on Thursday, hospitals across the Gaza Strip received six bodies and 34 injured people in the past 24 hours. These include four new deaths, as well as one person who died from previous injuries and one body that was recovered.
A man and an eight-year-old child were killed in an Israeli air strike on the southern city of Khan Younis, health officials told the Reuters news agency.
The attack targeted a tent encampment for people displaced by Israel’s siege, which has destroyed the homes of more than 1.2 million people, equivalent to almost 60 percent of the population.
In a separate attack on Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, an 18-month-old baby was killed when an air strike struck a house. Eight others were injured in the attack.
Meanwhile, in Gaza City, a Palestinian man riding a bicycle was also killed in a strike that left 10 others wounded.
The Israeli military on Wednesday said it had struck a mosque in the Gaza Strip which it said had been used by Hamas as a weapons storage facility.
AFP photos from Gaza City on Tuesday showed fire and a huge plume of smoke rising above tents housing displaced Gazans during a strike on the Al-Muttaqin Mosque.
Palestinians could be seen combing through vast piles of rubble and debris in the aftermath of the attack.
“Over the past week, the (Israeli military) struck and dismantled several Hamas weapons storage facilities in the central and northern Gaza Strip,” the military said.
“One of the storage facilities had been established inside a mosque in the northern Gaza Strip,” it added, saying advance warnings were given to civilians.
The latest Israeli attacks come as Hamas officials held talks in Cairo with mediators from Egypt, Qatar and Turkey on the implementation of the second phase of the ceasefire with Israel, which came into effect almost 10 months ago.
The talks have stalled primarily because of Israel’s failure to withdraw from Gaza and cease its attacks, and Hamas’ refusal to disarm as per Israeli demands.
On Thursday, Reuters reported that a Hamas official said the group would deliver a “positive and good” response but provided no further details.
According to reports, Hamas wants certain aspects of the current deal to be amended to protect the rights of government employees in accordance with Palestinian law. The group also reportedly has a proposal that would see its weapons managed by a Palestinian body rather than handed over to Israel.
Israel has failed to honor its obligations under the October 2025 ceasefire agreement.
The deal states that 600 trucks of humanitarian aid are to be allowed into Gaza each day. However, Israeli authorities continue to restrict the amount of vital supplies entering the territory.
Source: Saudi Gazette