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Deadly Gaza Bombardment
Israeli forces bombed Gaza overnight, killing at least 104 Palestinians, including 46 children.
“Israeli airstrikes on Gaza killed at least 104 people, including 46 children and 20 women, marking the deadliest day since a US-brokered ceasefire began.”
This was the deadliest bombardment since the U.S.-brokered October 10 ceasefire.
Gaza’s Health Ministry and hospital officials reported bodies and critical injuries flooding facilities.
Gaza Civil Defence condemned the strikes as “massacres.”
Multiple outlets detailed that Israel hit homes, residential blocks, and areas near Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital during a 12–14 hour assault.
Palestinian authorities and medical staff demanded an immediate ceasefire and humanitarian corridors.
Israel’s leadership publicly owned the strikes and said they would continue to hit targets despite announcing the truce remains in effect.
Conflict Between Israel and Hamas
Israel said it bombed Gaza after accusing Hamas of killing an Israeli soldier in Rafah and breaching the truce by returning only partial remains of a hostage and allegedly staging a recovery scene.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered “powerful strikes” and then asserted Israel would still uphold the ceasefire while hitting targets.
Hamas denied shooting the soldier, rejected Israel’s accusations, and postponed a body handover after the raids.
The International Committee of the Red Cross was drawn into the dispute: one set of reports says the ICRC condemned a staged body-recovery video; another reports the ICRC denied Israel’s claims that Hamas manipulated a corpse—underscoring competing narratives around Israel’s justification for the mass killing.
US Support and Ceasefire Tensions
Officials in Washington were informed in advance and backed Israel’s strikes even as the White House insisted the ceasefire should continue.
“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered immediate military action, notifying the US beforehand.”
U.S. President Donald Trump publicly defended Israel’s “right to respond,” and multiple outlets said Israel told Washington before the raids.
Israel then announced the truce was reinstated and that it would keep enforcing it—while continuing to strike what it called threats.
Other reporting says U.S. officials found no evidence that the militant group violated the ceasefire, highlighting a gap between Washington’s support for Israel’s bombing and its stated goal of preserving the truce.
Palestinian authorities documented more than 211 people killed after the ceasefire began.
Accusations of Gaza Mass Killings
West Asian and alternative outlets explicitly describe Israel’s mass killing as part of a Gaza genocide.
Iran’s PressTV condemned the raids as “acts of genocide.”
The National (Scotland) reported Jeremy Corbyn calling the bombings “genocide” and urged an arms embargo on Israel.
A local Western source cited a UN Commission of Inquiry accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza.
Other Western alternative reporting catalogs repeated ceasefire violations and aid strangulation as part of a systematic pattern of killing Palestinians, including children.
These labels are grounded in the scale of civilian deaths and the pattern of repeated strikes on civilian sites documented across sources.
Impact of Conflict on Gaza Civilians
Beyond the headline death toll, reporters documented how Israel struck civilians in their homes, camps, and near hospitals.
“The strikes targeted homes, civilian areas, vehicles, and the Shifa Medical Complex... A deadly strike in the Nuseirat refugee camp killed 19 family members, mostly women and children.”
Gaza’s medical system is collapsing under the strain of the conflict.
West Asian and Western alternative sources detailed a family of 19 killed in Nuseirat and mass casualties around al-Shifa.
Human rights and media outlets described aid blockades and dire shortages affecting the population.
Western mainstream outlets recorded that Israel insists the ceasefire is in force even as it bombs Gaza and claims to have killed 30 commanders.
This framing downplays the overwhelmingly civilian toll recorded by Gaza authorities and hospital officials.