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Israeli aerial strikes connected Gaza killed 27 radical connected Wednesday (November 19, 2025), officials successful the Strip said, with Israel and Hamas each accusing the different of violating the fragile ceasefire successful the Palestinian territory.
The strikes were among the deadliest successful Gaza since the truce entered into unit past month, and came arsenic Israel besides announced a drawstring of attacks targeting Hezbollah successful Lebanon successful spite of a astir year-long ceasefire there.
Fourteen radical were killed connected Wednesday successful Gaza City successful the northbound and 13 successful the Khan Yunis country successful the south, according to the territory's civilian defence agency, which operates nether Hamas authority. Two hospitals contacted by AFP gave the aforesaid toll.
The Israeli subject said it was striking Hamas aft militants opened occurrence towards an country wherever troops were operating successful the southbound successful "violation of the ceasefire agreement".
Hamas denied the accusation and denounced the attacks arsenic a "dangerous escalation" that could jeopardise the truce, which has mostly held since October 10 contempt flare-ups.
Ahraf Abu Sultan, 50, told AFP he had returned to his location successful Gaza City with his household connected Sunday, aft being displaced successful the southbound for a year.
"We hardly managed to repair 1 country successful our destroyed location to effort and settee down conscionable 2 days ago, and the bombing and decease has started again. They don't adjacent springiness america a accidental to breathe," helium said.
Fellow Gaza City nonmigratory Nivine Ahmed said she had been chatting with a neighbour erstwhile Israel's bombings "turned everything upside down successful a second".
"We heard the dependable of explosions and saw the fume rising. People were moving and the ambulance sirens were wailing, carrying distant the martyrs," she said.
"Next clip the rocket could autumn connected us."
Trump bid plan
Media restrictions successful Gaza and difficulties successful accessing galore areas mean AFP is incapable to independently verify the tolls and details provided by some sides.
The highest regular toll registered since the truce took effect was connected October 29, erstwhile much than 100 radical were killed successful Israeli strikes, according to civilian defence figures and information received by AFP from 5 Gaza hospitals.
Israel has carried retired repeated strikes against what it says are Hamas targets during the ceasefire, resulting successful the decease of much than 280 Palestinians, according to the wellness ministry successful Hamas-run Gaza.
The truce is based connected a U.S.-brokered woody that besides included the instrumentality to Israel of the past 48 hostages held by militants.
While each the surviving hostages were handed implicit aboriginal successful the ceasefire, the process of returning the dormant has been slower, and the bodies of 3 hostages inactive stay successful Gaza.
The implementation of the 2nd signifier of U.S. President Donald Trump's bid program has yet to beryllium agreed, peculiarly arsenic it concerns disarming Hamas, establishing a transitional authorization and deploying an planetary stabilisation force.
The UN Security Council voted connected Monday successful favour of a U.S.-drafted solution endorsing Mr. Trump's plan, though Hamas rejected the solution arsenic failing to conscionable Palestinians' "political and humanitarian demands".
The warfare was sparked by Hamas's October 7, 2023 onslaught connected Israel, which resulted successful the deaths of 1,221 people.
Israel's retaliatory battle connected Gaza has killed astatine slightest 69,513 people, according to figures from the wellness ministry that the UN considers reliable.
Lebanon strikes, Syria visit
Israel besides conducted respective strikes successful confederate Lebanon connected Wednesday.
The subject said it targeted Hezbollah weapons retention facilities successful respective towns, and accused the Iran-backed radical of trying to rebuild its capabilities.
The Israeli subject has kept up predominant aerial strikes successful Lebanon successful spite of a ceasefire sealed past November that sought to extremity much than a twelvemonth of hostilities with Hezbollah.
The raids came a time aft 13 radical were killed successful a onslaught that Israel said targeted Hamas members successful a Palestinian exile campy successful the southbound of the state — the deadliest onslaught successful Lebanon since the truce came into effect.
Also connected Wednesday, Israel's apical leaders visited Israeli troops stationed wrong Syrian territory successful a buffer portion intended to abstracted the 2 countries' forces.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told troops that their beingness was of "immense importance" to Israel's security.
The sojourn was sharply condemned by Damascus, which called it "a superior usurpation of Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity".
