Despite the declared truce from the recent agreement, the Israeli regime’s forces unleashed a new wave of attacks on Gaza overnight, targeting residential areas in Gaza City and Khan Younis with naval vessels, drones, and tanks.
Medical officials confirmed that 65 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured as occupation forces pounded multiple neighborhoods across the Strip.
Warplanes and artillery of the Israeli regime struck several sites in the northern, western, and central parts of Gaza early Wednesday. In the latest assault, regime aircraft bombed a home on Al-Jalaa Street and residential blocks in Al-Yarmouk and Al-Shuja’iyya.
Israeli media outlets attempted to justify the bombardments, claiming the operations were meant to “stabilize” the ceasefire rather than breach it. Channel 12 in Tel Aviv quoted a senior Israeli official saying, “The recent strikes in Gaza will not collapse the ceasefire; they help enforce it.” The official added, “Hamas must fear the return of war; our actions are deterrent and effective.”
Children remain among the main targets of the Israeli regime’s aggression. Reports from Gaza said several children were killed overnight in the bombardments of Al-Bureij and Al-Nuseirat refugee camps in central Gaza.
The Israeli army confirmed the death of one of its reserve soldiers in Rafah, southern Gaza, after being shot by armed men. Although Hamas denied involvement in the incident, the regime used it as a pretext for renewed aggression that has already killed over 60 Palestinians.
Hospital sources reported that most of the regime’s attacks targeted residential homes and tents sheltering displaced Palestinians.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump claimed that the Israeli regime’s strikes was in “self-defense,” dismissing reports that they violated the ceasefire — even as the bombardment from air, land, and sea continued to kill civilians through the night.