Israel Intensifies Gaza Attacks After April 8 Ceasefire, ACLED Reports

Israel intensified attacks against Palestinians in Gaza after a ceasefire in the US-Israeli war imposed on Iran went into effect five weeks ago, according to Conflict monitor ACLED’s monthly April report.

“Four Palestinians were martyred and others injured on Thursday as a result of bombing and shooting carried out by the Israeli occupation forces in various areas of the Gaza Strip”

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PressTV said ACLED reported that Israel carried out 35 percent more strikes last month than in March, while the Gaza Health Ministry said 120 Palestinians, including eight women and 13 children, were killed in Gaza since a ceasefire was reached between Iran and the US on April 8.

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PressTV also quoted Lafi Al-Najjar, 36, saying, “It stopped in the announcement, but in reality and on the ground, the war has not stopped.”

The same report said Khalil al-Hayya, a leader of the Hamas resistance movement in Gaza, argued that Israel’s refusal to fulfil its commitments poses a major obstacle to advancing to the second phase of the ceasefire.

PressTV added that Gaza’s Ministry of Health said approximately 851 Palestinians have been killed and 2,437 wounded since October 11, 2025.

The الشرق الأوسط reported that an Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinians in northern Gaza Strip, with health authorities saying the strike targeted people on Yafa Street near the al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City.

According to the same report, Medics said the airstrike killed four and wounding others, while the Israeli army said its forces targeted and killed members of a Palestinian armed cell operating near soldiers and posed a direct threat to them.

PressTV

The report also said Hamas and Israel trade accusations of violating the ceasefire reached in October, which halted a two-year war, and it cited the Gaza health ministry saying Israeli fire has killed at least 700 people since the start of the ceasefire.

Separately, Reuters via the الشرق الأوسط said two Egyptian sources and a Palestinian official told Reuters that a Hamas delegation met with mediators from Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey in Cairo last week to deliver the initial response to the disarmament proposal the movement received last month.

The same Reuters account said the movement informed the mediators it would not discuss relinquishing weapons without guarantees that Israel would withdraw completely from Gaza as outlined in the disarmament plan drawn up by the Peace Council led by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Britannica described a proposed “Board of Peace” chaired by U.S. Pres.Donald Trump, created to oversee the October 2025 ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas War.

“Israel has intensified its attacks against Palestinians in Gaza since a ceasefire in the US-Israeli war imposed on Iran went into effect five weeks ago, a new report says”

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It said the board would supervise a transitional Palestinian technocratic government in the Gaza Strip called the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG) and headed by Ali Shaath, a former Palestinian Authority (PA) official born in the Gaza Strip.

Britannica added that the arrangement proposed by Donald Trump on September 29, 2025 included the release of all hostages within 72 hours, an immediate end to the war and full resumption of aid, and a plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip while encouraging residents to remain.

The same Britannica text said disarming Hamas and deploying the International Stabilization Force (ISF) were part of the board’s work, with the ISF described as a peacekeeping mission made up of international armed personnel charged with training a new Palestinian police force.

In parallel, the الشرق الأوسط said disarming Hamas is a sticking point in negotiations aimed at implementing Trump’s plan for the Palestinian territory and cementing the ceasefire.