Overview
- ACLED recorded a marked increase in Israeli air and drone strikes in Gaza, reporting more than 40 such attacks in June — the highest monthly total since the October 2025 ceasefire.
- Palestinian health authorities say more than 1,100 people in Gaza have been killed since the ceasefire began, most of them civilians, and rescue services report at least five recent deaths in separate strikes in Tuffah, Sejtun, a tent camp and Khan Yunis.
- Israeli officials frame the strikes as defensive moves to prevent attacks, and the Israeli military has not publicly commented on each of the recent reported incidents.
- ACLED analyst Nasser Khdour links the uptick to growing domestic political pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of October elections, and reporting notes four Israeli soldiers have been killed by militant attacks since the ceasefire.
- Gaza's dense population and damaged infrastructure mean even limited strikes can cause outsized civilian harm, and casualty totals and incident tallies come from differing sources with varying methods and claims.