The Israeli military said it conducted a “targeted” strike in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahia, hitting what it described as an infrastructure site where weapons were stored. The strike came just hours after Israel announced it had resumed enforcing the cease-fire.
Residents in Gaza City reported hearing explosions and seeing columns of smoke rising from northern districts. Gaza’s civil defense agency said more than 100 Palestinians were killed Tuesday night, including at least 35 children, with many strikes hitting residential buildings, schools, and tents sheltering displaced families.
Mahmud Bassal, the spokesman for Gaza's civil defence agency, told AFP that one person "was killed in an Israeli air strike on the Atatra area in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, and was transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital."
“We had just started to breathe again, trying to rebuild our lives, when the bombardment came back,” said Khadija al-Husni, a 31-year-old mother sheltering in Al-Shati refugee camp. “It’s a crime. Either there is a truce or a war – it can’t be both.”
U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk said the reports of civilian deaths were “appalling,” urging both sides “not to let peace slip from our grasp.” Britain, Germany, and the European Union echoed calls to maintain the cease-fire.
