Israeli strikes killed at least five people in the southern Gaza Strip across Sunday night and Monday, according to medics cited by Reuters, in the latest violence under a US-brokered ceasefire that took effect a year ago. On Monday, a strike in the south killed at least two Palestinians, health officials said. The Israeli military said it had targeted a militant in the area and gave no further detail.
What happened on Sunday night?
Late on Sunday, an Israeli airstrike struck a tent in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing three people, medics said. The Israeli military told Reuters on Monday that it had struck militants in that area. Mawasi is the coastal zone in the south where large numbers of displaced Palestinians have sheltered during the war.
The casualty figures in both incidents are the accounts of Gaza medics and health officials as reported by Reuters. No independent verification of the identities of those killed was available in the reporting opened for this article, and the two sides describe the strikes differently: Israel says it is targeting militants, while the people killed are reported by medics without affiliation details.
What does each side say about the ceasefire?
Israel says Hamas has been rearming and carrying out attacks in breach of the ceasefire, and it has stepped up strikes on the group in recent weeks, Reuters reported. Hamas denies that it is trying to attack Israeli forces or rebuild its arsenal, and accuses Israel of undermining the peace deal. Those are the two parties' competing accounts; neither claim was independently confirmed in the reporting opened for this article.
How many people have been killed since the ceasefire began?
Gaza health officials say at least 1,400 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the ceasefire took effect in October 2025, Reuters reported. Israel says four of its soldiers have been killed by militants in Gaza over the same period. The figures come from the respective authorities on each side and are reported here as their accounts.
What was the ceasefire supposed to deliver?
The US-brokered agreement that took effect last October called for an eventual reconstruction of Gaza. Reuters reported that little progress has been made on implementing the wider deal, which includes terms for Hamas to disarm and for Israel to withdraw its troops. The gap between the agreement's terms and conditions on the ground is the context for the continuing strikes: the ceasefire formally remains in place, while both sides accuse the other of violating it.
Casualty figures are those of Gaza medics and health officials as reported by Reuters; the Israeli military's account — that it targeted militants — is stated alongside them. Neither account was independently verified at publication time.
