Overview
- More than six months after a signed ceasefire, near-daily Israeli strikes continued in Gaza during Eid al-Adha, producing fresh civilian deaths and damage to homes and markets.
- Gaza health authorities reported 16 people killed and 39 wounded across the territory over 48 hours, and Shifa Hospital and AP said ten people including five children were killed in Eid strikes.
- The Israeli military said it struck to hit Hamas militants and named commanders among the dead, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel now controls about 60 percent of Gaza and ordered operations to push that to 70 percent.
- The attacks hit normally busy areas such as Gaza City's Al Rimal neighbourhood and drove families into funerals, makeshift shelters and deeper displacement, with shortages and soaring prices eroding Eid traditions.
- The strikes have deep psychological effects on people in Gaza and on the diaspora, and the government drive to increase territorial control risks further civilian harm and tighter constraints on humanitarian access.