A drone view exhibits the destruction in a residential neighbourhood, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Gaza City, on October 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters
Israel’s assaults on Sunday had been probably the most severe check of an already fragile ceasefire, which took impact on October 11.
Palestinians in Gaza informed Reuters they heard explosions and gunfire in Rafah within the south of the strip and witnesses individually reported heavy gunfire from Israeli tanks within the jap city of Abassan close to Khan Younis, additionally in southern Gaza.
Witnesses in Khan Younis heard a wave of airstrikes launched into Rafah early on Sunday afternoon.
An Israeli authorities spokesperson, when requested for affirmation of the assaults, deferred to the army. The army had no instant remark.
Northern Gaza airstrikes
Local well being authorities in Gaza mentioned on Sunday two Palestinians had been killed in an Israeli airstrike within the jap Jabalia space of northern Gaza.
The Times of Israel reported that the army was conducting airstrikes within the Rafah space after militants attacked forces there, although it didn’t cite a supply for the data.
An Israeli army official mentioned on Sunday that Hamas had carried out a number of assaults in opposition to Israeli forces inside Gaza, together with a rocket-propelled grenade assault and a sniper assault in opposition to Israeli troopers.
“Both of the incidents happened in an Israeli-controlled area…This is a bold violation of the ceasefire,” the official mentioned.
Senior Hamas official Izzat Al Risheq mentioned on Sunday that the Palestinian militant group remained dedicated to the ceasefire, which he accused Israel of repeatedly violating.
Neither Al Risheq nor the Israeli army official made any point out of Sunday’s reported Israeli strikes in Gaza.
The authorities media workplace in Gaza mentioned on Saturday that Israel had dedicated 47 violations after the ceasefire deal, leaving 38 useless and 143 wounded. “These violations have ranged from direct shooting at civilians, to deliberate shelling and targeting operations, as well as the arrest of several civilians,” the media workplace assertion mentioned.
Rafah crossing closed
The Israeli authorities and Hamas have been accusing one another of violations of the ceasefire for days, with Israel saying the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will stay closed till additional discover.
Rafah has largely been shut since May 2024. The ceasefire deal additionally consists of the ramping up of assist to Gaza, the place tons of of hundreds of individuals had been decided in August to be affected by famine, in accordance with the IPC international starvation monitor.
Israel and Hamas have been engaged in a dispute over the return of the our bodies of deceased hostages. Israel demanded that Hamas fulfill its obligations in turning over the remaining our bodies of all 28 hostages. Hamas has returned all 20 dwell hostages and 12 of the deceased and has mentioned it has little interest in maintaining the our bodies of remaining hostages. The group mentioned the method wants effort and particular gear to get better corpses buried beneath rubble.
Formidable obstacles to Trump’s plan to finish the conflict nonetheless stay. Key questions of Hamas disarming, the governance of Gaza, the make-up of a world “stabilization force”, and strikes in the direction of the creation of a Palestinian state have but to be resolved.
When requested for remark, the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem referred inquiries to the State Department.
Renewed preventing in Gaza and issues over the ceasefire pushed key Tel Aviv share indices down practically 2% on Sunday.
Published – October 19, 2025 05:13 pm IST
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