Israel strikes Gaza, killing over 400 as ceasefire breaks

At least 404 people, including many children, have been killed in renewed Israeli attacks that have ended a fragile two-month ceasefire in Gaza. The Health Ministry’s toll is expected to rise as many victims remain under the rubble.
Israel, which has enforced a total aid blockade on Gaza for more than two weeks, issues a new round of forced displacement orders for Palestinians living in several areas.Israeli military confirms the killing of senior Hamas officials
The army has said that it killed four senior officials of Hamas’ political wing in its recent attacks.

A statement on Telegram said that the military killed Issam al-Dalis, the head of government public works, Ahmed al-Hatta, undersecretary of the Justice Ministry, Mahmoud Abu Watfa, undersecretary of the Interior Ministry and Bahjat Abu Sultan, director general of the internal security service.

The army said its attacks across Gaza targeted mid-level commanders and senior figures in the political wing of the Hamas.

Gaza’s Government Media Office announced Israel’s killing of the same officials earlier.Israeli military says missile launched from Yemen was intercepted
The Israeli military says alerts went out in the central and southern Negev after a missile was launched from Yemen, but that it was intercepted before reaching Israeli territory.

“Following the alerts that were activated a short time ago in the central and southern Negev, the air force intercepted one missile launched from Yemen,” the military said in a statement.

“The missile was intercepted before it crossed into the country’s territory; the alerts were activated according to policy.”UN report warns of ‘significant expansion’ of illegal West Bank settlements
A report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says Israel has ratcheted up the building of settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem while increasing violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians has gone almost entirely unpunished.

Here are some key findings:

From November 1, 2023, to October 31 last year, 612 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces and settlers while 24 Israelis were killed in attacks and clashes with Palestinians.
A “significant expansion” of Israeli settlement construction occurred with steps taken to build 20,000 new settlement housing units in occupied East Jerusalem. An additional 10,300 units are “in the pipeline” in the occupied West Bank and 49 new Israeli “outposts” have also been established.
During the same period, dispossession of Palestinians increased with 214 Palestinian properties demolished in East Jerusalem and 1,779 in the West Bank due to failure to obtain building permits, which Israel categorically denies to Palestinians.
Those demolitions resulted in the forced displacement of 4,527 people in the West Bank, a 200 percent increase from the previous reporting period.
There was an average of 118 acts of settler violence per month, up from 108 in 2023, which was itself a record-breaking year.Israeli military says sirens sounded as projectile fired from Yemen
Sirens have been activated in southern Israel following what the Israeli military described as “projectile fire from Yemen”.

A spokesperson for the Israeli military says that details are being examined.

On Monday, US President Donald Trump threatened to hold Iran responsible for any further attacks carried out by Yemen’s Tehran-backed Houthi group.