Seven Palestinians were killed in Gaza on Thursday in a fresh wave of Israeli strikes, underscoring how fragile the ceasefire that has held since October 10, 2025 truly remains. Among the dead were four members of a single family, including two girls aged eight and twelve.
Medical sources in the enclave said Al-Shifa Hospital received the bodies of four members of the Ahmed family after Israeli bombardment struck a home in the Beit Lahiya area of northern Gaza. Further south, the Nasser Medical Complex reported one death and several injuries after a strike hit a vehicle north of Khan Younis. Gaza’s Civil Defense separately recorded two more deaths following a drone strike along the Khan Younis coastline.
Palestinian security sources said Israeli aircraft carried out two raids overnight Wednesday into Thursday on Beit Lahiya and the Jabalia refugee camp, striking displacement tents and ambulances in the process. In the south, emergency responders reported additional casualties from a drone strike on a camp near Khan Younis.
Israel’s military and the Shin Bet security agency said separately that they had destroyed three weapons depots attributed to Hamas across three different areas of the Gaza Strip. A military statement said the sites held weapons, explosives and anti-tank missiles, adding that operations aimed at degrading the group’s military capabilities would continue.
The latest bloodshed adds to a long list of reported breaches of the October 2025 truce. Gaza’s Health Ministry said that, as of the previous day, 1,358 Palestinians had been killed and 4,541 wounded since the ceasefire took effect, a toll that highlights how difficult it has proven to translate a signed agreement into lasting calm on the ground.
With international pressure mounting for all parties to honor the truce in full, Thursday’s strikes stand as a stark reminder of how precarious the balance remains in Gaza, where civilians continue to bear the heaviest cost of unresolved hostilities.
