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Posted on February 26, 2026
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An Israeli airstrike in Gaza City killed two, and troops shot a militant in the south. Both sides blame each other for truce breaches under a fragile ceasefire as the conflict’s second phase unfolds.
CAIRO, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Israeli attacks killed five people in Gaza on Thursday, the territory's health officials said, and the Israeli military said it killed a militant who posed a threat to its forces in the south of the enclave.
Medics said an Israeli airstrike against a group of Palestinians in Gaza City's Tuffah neighbourhood in northern Gaza killed two people and wounded several others.
Five people were killed and several others injured, some critically, in Israeli drone strikes on two police checkpoints in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis and in the Abu Hujair area northwest of the Bureij refugee camp later in the day, medics said.
The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the reports.
Separately, the Israeli military said forces operating in the southern Gaza Strip killed a militant who posed an imminent threat to them after he crossed into an area still occupied by Israel inside the enclave.
It described the incident as a violation of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that began last October.
Gaza has been reduced to rubble in the war that was triggered by an attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on southern Israel on October 7, 2023 in which 1,200 people were killed, according to Israeli tallies.
The Gaza health ministry says more than 72,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed by Israeli fire since then. It also says that at least 600 people have been killed by Israeli fire since a ceasefire agreement came into effect last October.
Israel has said four soldiers have been killed by militants in Gaza since the ceasefire began. Both sides have traded blame for violations of the truce.
In January, the Gaza deal moved into a second phase in which Israel is expected to withdraw troops further from Gaza, and Hamas is due to yield control of the territory's administration.
(Reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi, Editing by William Maclean and Stephen Coates)
Israeli strikes in Gaza killed three people as both Israel and Hamas accused each other of violating a fragile ceasefire. The article outlines the incidents and the broader context of the ongoing truce.
Two people were killed in an airstrike in Gaza City’s Tuffah neighborhood, and Israeli forces killed a militant in the southern Gaza Strip after deeming him an imminent threat.
Officials describe a fragile, U.S.-brokered ceasefire that began last October. Both sides report violations, and a second phase launched in January envisions further Israeli withdrawals and administrative changes in Gaza.
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