Overview
- On Sunday, July 12, Israeli drone and gunfire struck sites in Gaza City and the Al‑Bureij displacement camp, killing at least five Palestinians including 9‑year‑old Tala Abu Matar, Gaza health officials and medics said.
- The Israeli military confirmed a strike on the Gaza City site, saying it hit “terrorist infrastructure,” and issued evacuation orders around the area while declining to elaborate on the Al‑Bureij incident.
- Health ministry figures show at least 1,098 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the U.S.‑brokered ceasefire took effect in October 2025, and both sides report deaths among their fighters and soldiers during the truce.
- Mediators in Cairo have made no breakthrough on the ceasefire’s planned second phase—Hamas disarmament and Israeli withdrawals—which leaves reconstruction, de‑mining and large‑scale aid deliveries stalled.
- The strikes deepen a humanitarian crisis by shrinking safe space for the displaced, worsening access to food, water and medical care, and raising the risk of wider violence including rising settler attacks in the West Bank.