Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill 12 Palestinians including Hamas commander

Gaza City: At least 12 Palestinians, including a senior Hamas military commander, were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza over the past 24 hours, Al Jazeera reported. Another 18 people were injured during the attacks.

Israeli authorities confirmed that Mohammed Al-Houli, a commander of Hamas’ military wing Al-Qassam Brigades, was among those killed.

Hamas condemned the strikes, calling them a “clear violation of the ceasefire agreement”. The group said the attacks demonstrated Israel’s failure to adhere to the truce and accused it of attempting to weaken the agreement to restart hostilities against Gaza’s population.

Since the ceasefire was implemented in October 2023, over 400 Palestinians have been killed. Israeli operations have destroyed buildings in more than half of Gaza, displacing over 2 million people, many of whom now live in temporary shelters or damaged buildings.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, since the start of Israel’s genocidal war in October 2023, at least 71,455 Palestinians have been killed.