Israel continues deadly Gaza truce breaches as US seeks to strengthen deal

Israel has continued its aerial strikes and shootings successful Gaza, raising fears implicit the aboriginal of its fragile ceasefire deal with Hamas, arsenic United States envoys ramp up diplomacy to get the woody backmost connected track.

The Palestinian Civil Defence bureau said that 4 radical were killed successful 2 abstracted attacks, some times “by Israeli gunfire arsenic they were returning to cheque connected their homes” successful the al-Shaaf area, eastbound of Tuffah neighbourhood, successful eastbound Gaza City.

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Israel’s subject claimed it had fired astatine militants who crossed the alleged yellowish enactment of demarcation and had approached troops successful the Shujayea neighbourhood, which is adjacent to Tuffah, and “posed a threat” to Israeli soldiers.

The yellowish line, acceptable retired successful a representation shared by US President Donald Trump connected October 4, is the bound down which Israeli troops pulled backmost and stay stationed nether the ceasefire statement with Hamas.

Gaza City residents reported disorder implicit the line’s determination due to the fact that of a deficiency of a disposable boundary. “The full country is successful ruins. We saw the maps but we can’t archer wherever those lines are,” said Samir, 50, who lives successful Tuffah successful the city’s east.

Several outbreaks of unit person taken spot since a fragile US-brokered ceasefire began connected October 10, with astatine slightest 97 Palestinians killed successful total, according to Gaza officials.

‘Blatant breaches’

Amid the rising decease toll, Israel and Hamas person pointed the digit astatine 1 different for breaking the presumption of the ceasefire, which took effect connected October 10.

Israeli aerial attacks connected Sunday killed 42 people, including children, according to section wellness officials. Israel said the strikes were successful retaliation for a truce usurpation by Hamas fighters, who it claimed changeable and killed 2 Israeli soldiers successful Rafah.

Hamas denied engagement successful the event, saying it has nary interaction with immoderate of its remaining units successful Israeli-controlled parts of Rafah and “is not liable for immoderate incidents” there. One authoritative accused Israel of fabricating “pretexts” to resume the war.

The group, which has released 20 surviving Israeli captives, said it was moving to implicit the handover of the remaining bodies of captives successful Gaza, citing “major challenges due to the fact that of the extended destruction” of the enclave.

The Red Cross received the assemblage of a 13th deceased captive from Hamas connected Monday and transferred it to the Israeli military, according to the bureau of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

On Sunday, Israel threatened to halt shipments of humanitarian assistance into Gaza, though it aboriginal said it had resumed enforcing the ceasefire.

United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the transportation of assistance into the territory had resumed, though helium did not accidental however much.

Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum said connected Monday that Israel was inactive blocking the introduction of assistance into Gaza. “Several subject checkpoints are blocking their entry, and these trucks are packed with assorted humanitarian supplies,” helium said.

Abu Azzoum said the Israeli service had struck the eastbound parts of Khan Younis connected Monday, triggering fears among Palestinians that the ceasefire would not hold.

Smoke rises pursuing an Israeli onslaught successful Khan Younis, confederate Gaza Strip, connected 20 October, 2025 [Stringer/Reuters]

Philippe Lazzarini, the caput of the UN bureau for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said, “The fragile ceasefire successful #Gaza indispensable beryllium upheld”, successful a connection connected X, and called for investigations into the “blatant breaches” of planetary humanitarian law.

The fragile ceasefire successful #Gaza indispensable beryllium upheld.

Yesterday, 4 radical were killed pursuing shelling by Israeli forces of an UNRWA school-turned-shelter successful Nuseirat exile camp. More are reported injured.

UNRWA buildings crossed the Gaza Strip were transformed into shelters…

— Philippe Lazzarini (@UNLazzarini) October 20, 2025

Salvage efforts

Amid the continued violence, 2 of Trump’s envoys travelled to Israel connected Monday to enactment up the ceasefire deal.

Trump’s peculiar envoy, Steve Witkoff, and the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, met with Netanyahu, according to an Israeli authorities spokesperson.

US Vice President JD Vance and the 2nd lady, Usha Vance, are scheduled to sojourn Israel connected Tuesday and conscionable with Netanyahu.

The ceasefire’s adjacent signifier is expected to absorption connected disarming Hamas, Israeli withdrawal from further areas it controls successful Gaza, and the aboriginal governance of the devastated territory nether an internationally backed “board of peace”.

Egypt hosted talks successful Cairo connected Monday with elder Hamas authoritative Khalil al-Hayya implicit ways to travel up connected implementing the ceasefire, Hamas said successful a statement.

Hamas and different allied factions cull immoderate overseas medication of Gaza, arsenic envisaged successful the Trump plan, and person truthful acold resisted calls to laic down arms, which whitethorn complicate the implementation of the deal.

Asked astir maintaining the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, Trump appeared to blasted Hamas for the ceasefire breaches, saying that it was facing “some rebellion” successful its ranks, which the leaders needed to straighten out.

“They person to beryllium good, and if they’re not good, they’ll beryllium eradicated,” helium said. But helium insisted that specified actions would not impact US troops connected the ground.

Since the ceasefire started, Hamas information forces person returned to the streets successful Gaza, clashing with different armed groups and sidesplitting alleged gangsters.

Trump had past week said that Hamas had taken retired “a mates of gangs that were precise bad; very, precise atrocious gangs”.

“And that didn’t fuss maine much, to beryllium honorable with you. That’s OK,” helium said.