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📰 Israeli strikes kill 26 in Gaza, health officials say The Israeli military carried out its heaviest airstrikes in Gaza in weeks on Saturday, killing at least 26 people, including several children and women, according to local health authorities. The strikes hit a Hamas-run police station west of Gaza City, killing 10 officers and detainees, and also struck a residential apartment and a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in and around Khan Younis. “What did those children do?” At an apartment in Gaza City, three children and two women were killed, hospital officials said. Video from the scene showed a blackened building, shattered walls, and debris scattered in the street. “We found my three little nieces in the street,” a relative, Samer al-Atbash, told Reuters. “They say ‘ceasefire’ and all. What did those children do? What did we do?” Hundreds of other Palestinians remain trapped in homes, hospitals, and tent camps in Gaza, where the health system is barely functioning and rescue teams struggle to keep up with the dead and wounded. Ceasefire under fire The Israeli military said the strikes were a response to eight gunmen emerging from a tunnel in Rafah on Friday, where Israeli forces are still deployed under the current truce deal. Hamas did not comment on the tunnel incident, but it insisted Israel is the one violating the ceasefire. Since the U.S.-brokered truce took effect in October, at least 10 Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza, according to Israeli officials, while Israeli operations have killed more than 500 Palestinians in the Strip, most of them civilians, according to Gaza health officials. The road forward The two sides now trade blame for ceasefire violations while Washington pushes them toward the next, far more difficult phase of the truce: Hamas disarmament, further Israeli troop withdrawals, and a potential international peacekeeping force in Gaza. Gaza’s main lifeline, the Rafah crossing with Egypt, is expected to reopen Sunday, potentially allowing more wounded civilians to evacuate and some humanitarian supplies to enter. For now, though, the truce is measured in broken bodies and new mass graves, not in maps or peace handshakes. #Israel#Gaza#Ceasefire#Hamas#War#Trump2026 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸