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The Israeli subject launched an onslaught connected Gaza connected Sunday (October 19, 2025), Israeli media and residents reported, dimming hopes that a U.S.-mediated ceasefire would pb to lasting bid successful the enclave arsenic Israel traded blasted with Palestinian militant radical Hamas.
Israel’s attacks connected Sunday were the astir superior trial of an already fragile ceasefire, which took effect connected October 11.
Palestinians successful Gaza told Reuters they heard explosions and gunfire successful Rafah successful the southbound of the portion and witnesses separately reported dense gunfire from Israeli tanks successful the eastbound municipality of Abassan adjacent Khan Younis, besides successful confederate Gaza.
Witnesses successful Khan Younis heard a question of airstrikes launched into Rafah aboriginal connected Sunday afternoon.
An Israeli authorities spokesperson, erstwhile asked for confirmation of the attacks, deferred to the military. The subject had nary contiguous comment.
Northern Gaza airstrikes
Local wellness authorities successful Gaza said connected Sunday 2 Palestinians were killed successful an Israeli airstrike successful the eastbound Jabalia country of bluish Gaza.
The Times of Israel reported that the subject was conducting airstrikes successful the Rafah country aft militants attacked forces there, though it did not mention a root for the information.
An Israeli subject authoritative said connected Sunday that Hamas had carried retired aggregate attacks against Israeli forces wrong Gaza, including a rocket-propelled grenade onslaught and a sniper onslaught against Israeli soldiers.
"Both of the incidents happened successful an Israeli-controlled area...This is simply a bold usurpation of the ceasefire," the authoritative said.
Senior Hamas authoritative Izzat Al Risheq said connected Sunday that the Palestinian militant radical remained committed to the ceasefire, which helium accused Israel of repeatedly violating.
Neither Al Risheq nor the Israeli subject authoritative made immoderate notation of Sunday's reported Israeli strikes successful Gaza.
The authorities media bureau successful Gaza said connected Saturday that Israel had committed 47 violations aft the ceasefire deal, leaving 38 dormant and 143 wounded. "These violations person ranged from nonstop shooting astatine civilians, to deliberate shelling and targeting operations, arsenic good arsenic the apprehension of respective civilians," the media bureau connection said.
Rafah crossing closed
The Israeli authorities and Hamas person been accusing each different of violations of the ceasefire for days, with Israel saying the Rafah borderline crossing betwixt Gaza and Egypt volition stay closed until further notice.
Rafah has mostly been unopen since May 2024. The ceasefire woody besides includes the ramping up of assistance to Gaza, wherever hundreds of thousands of radical were determined successful August to beryllium affected by famine, according to the IPC planetary hunger monitor.
Israel and Hamas person been engaged successful a quality implicit the instrumentality of the bodies of deceased hostages. Israel demanded that Hamas fulfill its obligations successful turning implicit the remaining bodies of each 28 hostages. Hamas has returned each 20 unrecorded hostages and 12 of the deceased and has said it has nary involvement successful keeping the bodies of remaining hostages. The radical said the process needs effort and peculiar instrumentality to retrieve corpses buried nether rubble.
Formidable obstacles to Trump's program to extremity the warfare inactive remain. Key questions of Hamas disarming, the governance of Gaza, the make-up of an planetary "stabilization force", and moves towards the instauration of a Palestinian authorities person yet to beryllium resolved.
When asked for comment, the U.S. Embassy successful Jerusalem referred inquiries to the State Department.
Renewed warring successful Gaza and concerns implicit the ceasefire pushed cardinal Tel Aviv stock indices down astir 2% connected Sunday.
