Israeli Strikes Kill Luay Basal and Injure Others East of Gaza City

Gaza’s ceasefire, described as in effect since October 10, 2025, was met with continued Israeli strikes that killed Palestinian Luay Basal (27) and injured others in an Israeli strike east of Gaza City, according to Al‑Quds Al‑Arabi.

Al‑Quds Al‑Arabi also said an Israeli drone targeted a motorcycle in the Ashqoula area of the Al‑Zaytoun neighborhood east of Gaza City, leaving one dead and several wounded, and it reported that Rafat Adel Brika (42) was martyred by a strike from an Israeli drone northwest of Rafah.

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The same source said Israeli artillery intensified shelling of the eastern areas of Khan Younis (south), and it added that since the ceasefire took effect the Israeli army, in violations through shelling and shooting, has killed 883 Palestinians and wounded 2,648 others, citing a Health Ministry statement on Thursday.

In parallel, Al‑Quds Al‑Arabi reported that internal consultations among resistance factions, led by Hamas, continued as they expected increased Israeli escalation and assassinations, including after the assassination of the chief of staff of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Eid al-Haddad, in an airstrike that hit Gaza City.

Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassim said in a statement that the shelling of residential homes in the Gaza Strip and the displacement it caused constituted a new escalation and contradicted the understandings, adding that the agreements stipulated the withdrawal of Israeli forces and prohibited taking actions or imposing new facts on the ground.

Hamas accused Israel of continuing to shell, destroy, and carry out incursions into populated areas, with Hazem Qassim saying the understandings called for withdrawal and not to impose new facts on the ground.

Al‑Quds Al‑Arabi reported that a source in the movement told it that contacts for calm and meetings with Nikolai Miladinov had been halted for some time, and that resistance factions felt anger at the Peace Council representative’s positions.

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In that account, Miladinov was described as carrying an Israeli view that calls for moving to the second phase of the agreement and focusing only on “disarming the resistance,” while Al‑Quds Al‑Arabi said the first phase provisions include lifting the siege, stopping the attacks, and a broader withdrawal of the occupation army from Gaza.

The same article quoted Miladinov’s briefing to the Security Council, saying that Hamas’s refusal to relinquish control and disarm constitutes the main obstacle to implementing the plan for comprehensive reconstruction of the Strip.

Separately, Al‑Quds Al‑Arabi said the roadmap, comprising 15 points, was drawn up after consultations with ceasefire guarantors (Egypt, Turkey, Qatar, the United States) and rounds of discussion with Palestinian factions.

Beyond the specific incidents, Al‑Quds Al‑Arabi framed the humanitarian stakes by reporting that Gaza’s residents in a restricted area now less than half of Gaza’s original size suffer from hunger and disease, and it tied that to Israeli violations since day one of the ceasefire.

It also said Miladinov claimed Israel had allowed a 70%+ increase in aid flows, with about 300,000 tons of relief materials entering, before his briefing to the Security Council.

Al‑Quds Al‑Arabi added that the resistance factions’ anger centered on a Peace Council report that focused on “the resistance’s weapons,” while leaving unaddressed what it described as Israel’s failure to halt its attacks on Gaza and lift its tight siege.

In a separate Gaza-focused account, الجزيرة نت said the Gaza Interior Ministry announced the martyrdom of five police officers and personnel and injuries to others in shelling of a police site in the Al‑Tu'am area north of Gaza City, and a Shifa Hospital source said the total number of martyrs rose to seven in the Israeli airstrike on the Al‑Tu'am area north of Gaza City.

The same الجزيرة نت report said the Strip’s hospitals received eight martyrs and 29 wounded over the past 48 hours, and it described the ongoing escalation as a “clear violation of the agreements reached under mediation,” while Hamas said it was a deliberate, systematic aggression, flouting mediations and guarantees, and a continuation of siege, starvation and killing against more than two million people.