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Funeral Strike in Nuseirat
An Israeli airstrike killed at least eight Palestinians and wounded 20 attending a funeral in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on Friday, after an earlier Israeli strike killed a person in the same area earlier in the day.
“Israeli attacks on two residential neighbourhoods in Gaza have killed at least eight Palestinians, medical sources told Al Jazeera”
Medics said the deaths, along with at least three Palestinians killed in separate Israeli airstrikes elsewhere in the enclave, brought Friday's toll to at least 12.
Hamas condemned the Nuseirat strike as a "brutal massacre" against mourners and urged mediators, as well as the United Nations, to act to halt Israeli attacks in Gaza.
The Israeli military said it was checking a Reuters request for comment but did not immediately provide one, while residents in an area east of Deir al-Balah said Israeli forces used drones to broadcast audio messages ordering them to leave their homes.
The deaths add to a toll of more than 1,100 Palestinians, mostly civilians, killed by Israeli attacks since an October ceasefire between Israel and Hamas militants took effect, according to Gaza health officials.
Evacuation Orders and Dispute
Residents in an area east of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza said Israeli forces used drones to broadcast orders to leave their homes, forcing some families to flee for safety despite the ceasefire.
The Israeli military said it struck a cell belonging to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group, which holds sway in parts of the enclave along with Hamas, and it said it was "aware of the claims that several uninvolved individuals were harmed as a result of the strike."
Al Jazeera said the attacks followed Israel widening the range of areas it is hitting inside Gaza, pushing beyond the so-called “Yellow Line” its forces are meant to hold during the fragile “ceasefire.”
In Gaza City, Al Jazeera reported that a warplane destroyed an apartment in al-Nasr and artillery fire hit al-Zeitoun, and it said two missiles struck a second-floor apartment in al-Nasr killing five people, while rescue teams were still searching for victims trapped beneath the rubble.
Al Jazeera also said Israel has continued near daily strikes that have killed at least 1,127 Palestinians, including at least 260 children killed since the ceasefire began, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
Ceasefire Toll and Next Steps
The Business Standard | Asian said the truce halted major fighting but has not stopped near-daily Israeli strikes, and it said four Israeli soldiers have been killed by militants in Gaza over the same period.
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Conflict monitor ACLED, a US-based research group that tracks political violence, said Israeli airstrikes against Hamas and other militants rose to more than 40 in June, the highest monthly total since the ceasefire.
In Gaza, health officials said the death toll has surpassed 1,100, most of them civilians, from Israeli attacks since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect in October, while Hamas does not usually disclose its losses.
Al Jazeera reported that Israel and Hamas agreed to a US-brokered “ceasefire” in October, part of a broader plan put forward by President Donald Trump to end the war and begin rebuilding, but it said the expansion was “shrinking” and “fragmenting” the territory into smaller, disconnected areas.
Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud said the process was leading to the “erasure of urban life” and would mean lost livelihoods for residents, as the war continued to reshape movement across Gaza.
