Gaza Genocide15 February, 20262 min read
Israel Kills at Least 12 Palestinians in Gaza Air Strikes, Hits Tent of Displaced People
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Sources report between nine and twelve Palestinians killed in Gaza air strikes. Israeli military said strikes targeted Hamas for violating the October ceasefire.
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Gaza airstrikes and casualties
Israel carried out airstrikes across Gaza on Sunday that killed at least 12 Palestinians, Gaza's civil defence and hospital sources said. The casualties included five people who died when an Israeli strike hit a tent sheltering displaced people in Jabaliya, Gaza's civil defence and hospital sources said.
“At least 12 Palestinians were killed and several others wounded in Gaza on Sunday after Israeli airstrikes and gunfire, the Palestinian civil defence agency said.”
Hospitals Al-Shifa and Nasser received multiple bodies and mourners gathered for funerals at Nasser; witnesses and relatives described people being killed "as they slept." The strikes included attacks in Khan Younis, Gaza City and Beit Lahia, and came amid reports of gunfire and shelling that also wounded several others.
Strikes and competing claims
Israel’s military publicly justified the strikes as responses to alleged Hamas ceasefire violations, saying armed militants moved east of the U.S.-brokered truce’s "yellow line" near IDF positions and posed immediate threats. Outlets quote Israel’s explanation verbatim, while reporting that independent verification is restricted. Gaza authorities, Hamas and hospital sources rejected Israel’s account and condemned the attacks as serious breaches, with Hamas calling the strikes a "massacre."
Al Jazeera and The Guardian note that Israel provided no evidence for some of its claims. The accounts therefore conflict over whether the ceasefire was violated.
Gaza humanitarian situation
The strikes occurred against a backdrop of an already catastrophic humanitarian situation that multiple sources quantify.
“Palestinian officials say the earlier military campaign that began Oct. 8, 2023 killed more than 72,000 Palestinians, injured over 171,000, and damaged about 90% of civilian infrastructure; the UN estimates roughly $70 billion will be needed for rebuilding.”
Al Jazeera and PressTV cite Gaza figures since Oct. 8, 2023 of roughly 72,000 deaths, about 171,661 wounded, damage to roughly 90% of infrastructure, and U.N. rebuilding costs above $70 billion.
Gaza health authorities and the health ministry report hundreds of deaths since the Oct. 10 truce began.
MSF said it suspended non‑critical work at Nasser Hospital after staff reported seeing gunmen and weapons, and Israel has accused hospitals of being used by militants and is moving to end some MSF activity, which the charity rejects without safety guarantees.
Strikes and ceasefire breaches
Sources report that Israeli strikes have also hit southern Lebanon.
The U.N. and Lebanese authorities say Israeli attacks have continued frequently despite the November 2024 ceasefire with Hezbollah.
Al Jazeera says the U.N. verified over 10,000 air and ground attacks in southern Lebanon since the ceasefire, with at least 108 civilian casualties and 11 Lebanese abducted.
PressTV and Al Jazeera both report Gaza and Lebanese claims that ceasefire breaches number more than 1,500 in Gaza alone since Oct. 10.
Coverage differs on focus — Western outlets foreground hospital testimony, West Asian outlets emphasise sustained patterns of strikes and humanitarian scale — but all report that killings and strikes have persisted and that independent verification remains limited.