Overview
- The IDF said the strikes were a response to a ceasefire violation after eight militants emerged from a tunnel in eastern Rafah.
- Israel reported targeting four Hamas and Islamic Jihad members along with a weapons depot, a production site and two launch positions in central Gaza.
- Gaza civil defense and the health ministry reported more than 30 people killed, including at least seven children, and around 30 others wounded, with four Hamas police among the dead.
- Hamas condemned the operation as a flagrant breach, and health official Munir al Barsh said the attacks hit a tent and an apartment.
- The incident is described as one of the most serious since October’s truce and has renewed pressure on mediators overseeing phase two and a planned reopening of the Rafah pedestrian crossing, as Egypt urges restraint.