Areas in the east Gauze they hit Israelis aircraft and tanks a day after Israel said it remained committed to implementing a US-backed ceasefire deal.
Eyewitnesses said Israeli jets carried out 10 airstrikes in areas east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, adding that tanks bombarded areas east of Gaza City in the northern part of the enclave. No injuries or deaths have been reported.
The Israeli military announced that conducted “precision” strikes against “terrorist infrastructure who posed a threat to the soldiers’ in the areas still under Israeli occupation.
Today’s strikes are the latest test of the fragile ceasefire that took effect on October 10 in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, according to Reuters.
Eyewitnesses in Gaza said they saw no strikes outside the area controlled by Israel.
From Tuesday to Wednesday, Israel retaliated for the death of an Israeli soldier with shelling, which claimed the lives of 104 people, according to the Hamas-led authorities responsible for health in the Palestinian enclave.
Israel says the soldier was killed in an attack by gunmen in an area inside the so-called “yellow line”, where its forces were withdrawn under the ceasefire agreement. Hamas rejected this accusation.
Israel’s military released a list of 26 militants it said it targeted during its shelling earlier this week, including one it saidwas a Hamas commander involved in the unprecedented October 7, 2023 attack by Palestinian Islamist fighters in southern Israel that sparked the war.
The press office of the Hamas-led Gaza government said Israel’s list was part of a “systematic disinformation campaign” to cover up “crimes against civilians in Gaza”.
The Gaza Ministry of Health announced that 46 children and 20 women are among the 104 people killed in the airstrikes.
A source close to international efforts to maintain the ceasefire noted that US and regional mediators stepped in to restore calm as Israel and Hamas blamed each other.