Israeli strikes kill 13 in Gaza
Hamas politburo member Ghazi Hamad condemned the strikes yesterday, and told AFP that “Israel’s escalation in Gaza today confirms that Israel doesn’t want to reach an agreement.” — AFP pic
Summary
- Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have resulted in at least 13 civilian deaths and multiple residential buildings being targeted, despite Hamas agreeing to a US-mediated plan involving disarmament and Israeli troop withdrawal.
- However, Israel demands genuine disarmament before any withdrawal, and has not officially commented on the agreement.
- The strikes have complicated diplomatic efforts, with international mediators urging both parties to fulfill their obligations under the US-backed roadmap.
- Hamas has criticized Israel for the continued escalation, which it views as a hindrance to reaching an agreement.
First Published: Monday, 03 Aug 2026 9:40 AM MYT
GAZA CITY, Aug 3 — Israeli strikes on Gaza hit multiple residential buildings and killed at least 13 people, authorities said yesterday, despite Hamas saying it agreed to the latest stage of a deal to end the war.
Hamas said Friday it had agreed to a plan championed by US President Donald Trump that includes provisions for handing over its weapons and the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip.
Israel has yet to officially comment on the agreement, but a political source has told AFP “that there will be no withdrawal whatsoever” without Hamas’s “genuine disarmament”.
Gaza’s civil defence rescue service, which operates under Hamas authority, on Sunday said eight people were killed in strikes around midnight that hit multiple residential buildings, and five others were killed later in the day.
In one overnight attack near the central Gaza Strip, a man and his wife were killed and several others were wounded when an Israeli military helicopter struck an apartment, a civil defence spokesman said.
An elderly man and a child were killed in another attack on an apartment west of Gaza City, and three people, including a child, were killed in a strike on a residential building northwest of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
“One person was killed and four others injured in an Israeli drone strike targeting a group of civilians near a camp for displaced people in Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip,” he said.
A couple and their child were killed in a strike on an apartment west of Gaza City at dawn, the spokesman said, adding that the woman was pregnant.
Two others were killed in an Israeli drone strike on their vehicle in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, he said, with the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Hospitals saying they were brothers.
Hamas politburo member Ghazi Hamad condemned the strikes yesterday, and told AFP that “Israel’s escalation in Gaza today confirms that Israel doesn’t want to reach an agreement.”
On Saturday, authorities reported that eight people had been killed in strikes that damaged a hospital’s medical supplies and targeted a rooftop. The Israeli army said two of the strikes targeted members of the Army of Islam and Islamic Jihad militant groups.
Nickolay Mladenov, High Representative of the Board of Peace, the international body overseeing the US-backed Gaza plan, said the latest strikes compromised diplomatic efforts towards the implementation of the plan.
“Two days of strikes across Gaza have killed civilians and destroyed medical supplies that people depend on,” he wrote on X.
“This comes after intense efforts by the Board of Peace and the mediators… to bring the Palestinian factions in Gaza to agree to a Roadmap on the full implementation of President Trump’s plan. Both parties carry obligations under the Comprehensive Plan”. — AFP
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Satanyahu does NOT want peace as he'll then go to prison.
And WTF is the Wankees doing about this continuous violation of ceasefire-peace agreements- etc by the shailoks?
😡😡😡
THIS is why Harm-ass Is Surrendering. The IDF is Going After Every Murderer from Oct 7. They Are Scared Shitless.
ReplyDeleteJustice Is Being Served. Cold.
And If They Hide In Hospitals using Civilians As Shields, Under the Geneva Convention the Hospital No Longer Enjoys Protected Status. Any Deaths Is On Them.
Strike number 9 in the Gaza Strip today:
4 killed in a strike on a jeep near the Al-Najma candy factory, near the Al-Saraya junction in the western part of Gaza City.
3 out of the 4 killed arrived in pieces—the jeep was hit by at least two missiles. There is an abundance of graphic videos from this strike—which I have not published.
18 killed in 9 IDF strikes in the Strip since midnight. And the toll continues to rise.
UPDATE: Gazan sources: Among those eliminated in the strike on the jeep☝️ near the al-Saraya junction in Gaza City – Nafedh Sbeih (Abu Jalal) – a senior member of Hamas’s military wing – regional commander in Gaza City.
His eldest son, Jalal, was also killed with him.
https://x.com/sabra_the/status/2083984656689754435?s=20
Yesterday (Saturday), the IDF struck in the southern Gaza Strip and eliminated the terrorist Salem Jamal Abd al-Rahman Abu Labad, a Hamas Nukhba cell commander.
The terrorist infiltrated Kibbutz Nir Oz during the 7th October Massacre.
In an additional strike over the weekend (Friday), in the central Gaza Strip, the IDF eliminated the terrorist Muhammad Abd al-Nasser Muhammad Khatib, a commander in Hamas' Maghazi Battalion.
The terrorists operated under Hamas' military wing and attempted to advance terror attacks against IDF troops. The terrorists were eliminated in precise aerial strikes in order to remove the threat.
Prior to the strikes, steps were taken to mitigate harm to civilians, including the use of precise munitions and aerial surveillance.
The military stated: "IDF troops under the Southern Command remain deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement and will continue to operate to remove any threat."
Arutz Sheva
https://x.com/rheytah/status/2084008667657978243?s=20
Devils are erased
Hamas terrorists Ali Shamlakh & Nasser Louh who kidnapped Israeli mother & her 2 minor daughters (in video), later assaulted & killed them on October 7, have been eliminated by the IDF in northern Gaza Strip.
Mossad find them hiding as barber & carpenter.
https://x.com/RealBababanaras/status/2081958401010200934?s=20
OCTOBER 7 NUKHBA COMMANDER ELIMINATED IN GAZA
The IDF eliminated Salem Jamal Abdul Rahman Abu Labaid, head of a Hamas Nukhba unit who infiltrated Kibbutz Nir Oz during the October 7 massacre.
In a separate strike, the IDF also eliminated Muhammad Abdul Nasser Muhammad al-Khatib, a commander in Hamas’s al-Mughazi Battalion.
Both terrorists were advancing attacks against Israeli forces and were eliminated in precise airstrikes.
The IDF says its forces remain deployed under Southern Command and will continue operating against any threat.
https://x.com/MOSSADil/status/2083804521264783762?s=20
The
@IDF
and its special unit, dedicated to tracking down every single man, woman and under 18 “child,” responsible for shooting, raping, beheading, torturing, and kidnapping into Gaza, on October 7, continues to have success in Gaza.
Being a “journalist” or “doctor” or “human rights worker” will not protect you, if video shows you dragging bodies back into Gaza.
https://x.com/James_J_Marlow/status/2083951293907828833?s=20