Israel kills 10 Palestinians in Gaza bombing ahead of 'Board of Peace' meeting
Israeli forces killed at least 10 Palestinians in air strikes across the Gaza Strip late on Saturday and into Sunday, according to the health ministry.
At least four people were killed in a strike targeting a tent sheltering displaced families west of Jabalia in northern Gaza, while another five were killed in attacks around Khan Younis in the south of the Strip, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa and Al Jazeera, citing medical sources.
Wafa reported that emergency teams struggled to access the targeted areas because of the intensity of the Israeli bombardment.
The Israeli military said in a statement that the “precise” strikes were conducted in line with international law and were in response to what it described as a “ceasefire violation” by Hamas fighters.
An Israeli official said that “terrorists emerged from a tunnel east of the yellow line”, referring to the military boundary unilaterally imposed and marked by Israeli forces inside Gaza since the ceasefire.
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The attacks come days ahead of the inaugural meeting of the so-called “Board of Peace”, headed by US President Donald Trump.
The meeting, scheduled for 19 February, is expected to be attended by Israel’s foreign minister, while no Palestinian representation will be present.
Trump is reportedly set to announce a multi-billion-dollar reconstruction plan for Gaza and share details of a United Nations-mandated stabilisation force.
Israeli violations
Since the ceasefire in Gaza was signed in October, Israeli forces have committed more than 1,600 violations, killing 601 Palestinians, according to local authorities in Gaza.
Overall, Israeli forces have killed more than 72,061 Palestinians since the genocide in Gaza began in 2023, with a further 171,715 wounded.
Most of the killings have occurred along the so-called “Yellow Line” - a designated no-go zone barring Palestinians from accessing large swathes of land to the north, south and east.
Repeated Israeli ceasefire violations along the boundary and in surrounding areas have been condemned by rights groups.
Since the ceasefire began, the line has steadily expanded westwards, swallowing neighbourhoods and now covering roughly 58 percent of the territory.
Each new advance has been marked by yellow concrete blocks placed inside civilian districts.
The shifting boundary has also triggered repeated displacement, leaving families without stable shelter.
The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has said Israel’s use of the boundary amounts to the “illegal seizure and systematic plundering of the resources” of occupied territory, in violation of international law.
Meanwhile, Wafa reports that Israeli bulldozers have continued to demolish homes in Gaza City, with artillery shelling targeting the al-Tuffah neighbourhood in the east of the city.
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