Israel launched airstrikes on Hamas targets in Gaza on Saturday, elevating questions on the delicate ceasefire that started on October 10. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s workplace mentioned 5 senior Hamas members had been killed. Gaza well being officers reported 24 deaths and 54 accidents, together with kids, as reported by Related Press. The strikes adopted reported gunfire at Israeli troops and got here shortly after the UN Safety Council accepted a US-backed plan for Gaza’s safety and governance. The plan authorises a world stabilisation drive, units up a transitional authority overseen by President Donald Trump, and descriptions a attainable path to Palestinian statehood. Israel has carried out related strikes after earlier alleged ceasefire violations. Well being officers mentioned 33 Palestinians, largely girls and kids, had been killed over a 12-hour interval between Wednesday and Thursday. In Gaza Metropolis’s Rimal neighbourhood, a automobile strike killed 11 folks and injured greater than 20, based on Shifa Hospital’s managing director Rami Mhanna. Hospital director Mohamed Abu Selmiya mentioned a lot of the injured had been kids. Different strikes prompted casualties close to Al-Awda Hospital, the place three folks died and 11 had been injured; in Nuseirat camp, the place seven folks together with a toddler had been killed and 16 had been wounded; and in Deir al-Balah, the place three folks together with a lady had been killed. Israel’s navy mentioned the assaults focused militants after an armed particular person entered Israeli-controlled territory and fired at troops in southern Gaza. The navy mentioned it killed 11 “terrorists” in Rafah, detained six others, and shot two individuals who crossed into Israeli-held areas within the north. The battle started after Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing round 1,200 folks and taking greater than 250 hostages. Gaza’s Well being Ministry says 69,733 Palestinians have been killed and 170,863 wounded in Israel’s counter-offensive. The ministry’s figures, compiled by medical personnel within the Hamas-run authorities, are thought to be credible by impartial consultants.