Gaza medical officials say Israeli strikes killed at least 19 people, including two infants, with one hospital director asking, „Where is the ceasefire?“
Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes in Gaza on Wednesday morning killed at least 19 Palestinians, most of them women and children, according to hospital officials. Israel said the strikes would continue and called them a response to a militant attack on Israeli soldiers that seriously wounded one.
Among the Palestinians killed were five children, including a 5-month-old and a baby just 10 days old; seven women; and a paramedic, said hospital officials. They were the latest Palestinians killed in Gaza since a U.S.-brokered peace plan, which has been punctuated by deadly Israeli strikes, brought a ceasefire into effect on Oct. 10, 2025.
At least 556 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in that time, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry, which put the death toll on Wednesday alone at 21.
The Israel Defense Forces, in a statement on Wednesday, accused Hamas militants of a „blatant violation of the current ceasefire agreement“ with the alleged attack on forces in northern Gaza.
„Upon identification of the fire, IDF armored units [tanks] and IAF [Israeli Air Force] aircraft conducted strikes in the area“, the military said.
The escalating Palestinian death toll has tested the U.
