Israeli attacks on Gaza continued despite the ceasefire as strikes killed civilians and released detainees described severe prison abuse.
Key Developments
- Seven Palestinians were killed and eighteen injured in an Israeli strike on central Gaza City.
- Gaza authorities said Israel committed 3,005 ceasefire violations since the agreement entered into force.
- Israel released fifteen Gaza detainees, whose health conditions were described as severe after imprisonment.
Seven Palestinians were killed and eighteen others injured Wednesday after an Israeli airstrike targeted an apartment inside a residential building in central Gaza City.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its crews recovered four bodies and transported eighteen wounded following the strike near Al-Israa Tower on Omar al-Mukhtar Street.
Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in Gaza reported that the attack targeted a home near the Municipal Park in central Gaza City.
The Israeli army claimed it had targeted two senior Hamas members in northern Gaza.
Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth alleged that the targets included the commander of Hamas’ northern Gaza brigade and the deputy commander of the Gaza City brigade, though no names were disclosed.
As of Wednesday evening, Hamas had not commented on the Israeli claims.
The strike came amid continued Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip despite the ceasefire agreement that entered into force in October 2025.
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3,005 Violations
Israeli attacks continued elsewhere in Gaza throughout the day.
According to Al Mayadeen, civil defense teams recovered additional killed and wounded Palestinians following Israeli artillery shelling east of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.
Earlier Wednesday, Israeli naval forces also opened fire toward Gaza City’s coastline.
The latest attacks followed overnight Israeli bombardment on Gaza City’s Al-Rimal neighborhood, where the number of Palestinians killed rose to six.
Gaza’s Government Media Office announced Wednesday that Israel committed a total of 3,005 “serious violations” of the ceasefire agreement over 227 days since it entered into force.
Authorities said the continued violations form part of the ongoing genocide in Gaza and continue to increase the number of killed, wounded and missing Palestinians while deepening humanitarian suffering throughout the Strip.
Since October 2023, Israel’s genocide in Gaza has killed more than 72,000 Palestinians and wounded over 172,000, most of them women and children.
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Released Detainees
Separately on Wednesday, Israeli authorities released fifteen Palestinian detainees from Gaza, including one woman, through the Kerem Abu Salem crossing.
Quds News Network reported that the detainees were transferred by the International Committee of the Red Cross to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza for medical examinations.
Medical sources described the condition of the released detainees as “severe,” citing what they endured inside Israeli prisons, including starvation as well as psychological and physical torture.
The Red Cross confirmed facilitating the transfer of the detainees and assisting in reconnecting them with their families.
The organization stated that since 2023 it has facilitated the transfer of more than 2,500 released detainees through similar operations.
(AA, Al Mayadeen, QNN, PC)
