Israeli Strikes Kill Nine Gazans as Raids, Shelling Hit West Bank, Lebanon, Syria
GAZA STRIP (Dispatches) -- Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Sunday and wounded dozens more, while raids, settler attacks, and military incursions intensified across the occupied West Bank, southern Lebanon, and southern Syria.
In Gaza, eight Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza City and Khan Yunis, including five police officers targeted by a drone strike in the al-Mawasi area west of Khan Yunis and three civilians—among them a child—struck while gathered near a shelter center in western Gaza City.
Earlier in the day, a Palestinian identified as Ibrahim Adel Saeed succumbed to wounds sustained days earlier when Israeli tanks fired on al-Masdar village in central Gaza.
Israeli tanks and military vehicles also conducted heavy artillery shelling and gunfire toward eastern Khan Yunis, Hamad City, and Beit Lahia, with intense shooting reported near Kamal Adwan Hospital.
The fatalities bring the death toll from Israeli violations of the October 2025 ceasefire agreement to 1,580, according to Palestinian figures.
In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces kidnapped at least ten Palestinians in raids across Nablus, Al-Quds, Hebron (Al-Khalil), and Ramallah, including four from Burin village south of Nablus and a shepherd in the Masafer Yatta area.
In Salfit governorate, occupation forces forced farmers to halt olive harvesting in Yasuf village, while settlers assaulted farmers between Deir Istiya and Qarawat Bani Hassan, seized their equipment, and injured several people.
In Al-Khalil, terrorist Israeli forces kidnapped ten teachers from a school in Masafer Yatta and prevented medical teams from reaching nearby villages, while settlers seized twenty camels in the Yatta area.
Israeli forces also fired tear gas at vehicles near Nabi Saleh village northwest of Ramallah after setting up a checkpoint, causing a traffic jam.
In southern Lebanon, Israeli warplanes struck the town of al-Mansouri and targeted a mosque in al-Amriyah south of Tyre, while artillery shelled areas between Zawtar al-Sharqiyah and Mayfadoun, Wadi al-Hujair, and the outskirts of Baraachit.
Israeli forces carried out explosions in Khiam, Baraachit, and Tallouseh, with blasts heard across wide areas of southern Lebanon, and a Merkava tank fired on the outskirts of Sarbine. Artillery also targeted the outskirts of Aita al-Jabal in the Bint Jbeil district.
In southern Syria, the Syrian Sijil Center documented 140 Israeli violations in Quneitra, Dara’a, Damascus, and Rural Damascus between October 22 and 31, including one killing, three bombardments, thirteen detentions, nineteen checkpoint setups, eleven raids, and forty-three aerial surveillance incidents.
On Saturday, Israeli forces conducted three incursions into Daraa province involving three tanks and fourteen vehicles, penetrating Wadi al-Raqqad and Wadi Abidin in the western countryside.