Israeli Strikes Hit Gaza Areas Despite Ongoing Ceasefire
GAZA / ISTANBUL: Israeli warplanes and artillery carried out strikes across multiple areas of the Gaza Strip early Thursday, hitting zones that remain under Israeli military control despite the ongoing ceasefire, witnesses said.
Eyewitnesses told the international media that the attacks targeted eastern Gaza City in the north, eastern sections of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, and eastern Khan Younis in the south.
According to residents, Israeli fighter jets struck eastern Khan Younis as artillery shelling and intermittent gunfire from military vehicles continued in the area. Additional airstrikes were reported east of the Bureij camp, while in eastern Gaza City, the Zaytoun and Shujaiya neighborhoods came under both aerial bombardment and artillery fire. No immediate information was available on specific targets.
No casualties had been reported at the time of publication.
Israeli forces continue to control Gaza’s southern and eastern buffer zones, along with large parts of northern Gaza, maintaining occupation over more than 50 percent of the enclave.
Israel’s military campaign, which began on October 8, 2023, and lasted two years, has killed more than 71,000 Palestinians and wounded over 171,000 others — most of them women and children — while destroying roughly 90 percent of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure.
Since the ceasefire took effect on October 10, 2025, Israeli attacks have killed 483 Palestinians and wounded 1,287 others. During the same period, Israel has sharply restricted the entry of food, shelter materials and medical supplies into Gaza, where approximately 2.4 million Palestinians are living in severe humanitarian conditions.
