Israel Escalates Gaza Strikes, West Bank Kidnaps, Lebanon Shelling, Syria Incursions
GAZA (Dispatches) -- Israeli forces carried out strikes and raids across Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday, leaving casualties and detainees despite a ceasefire in the coastal territory, according to Palestinian and Syrian sources.
In Gaza, one Palestinian was killed and 11 wounded in an Israeli strike west of Khan Younis, according to a medical source at Kuwait Hospital. Witnesses said the strike targeted a gathering outside the University College in al-Mawasi.
Gaza’s Interior Ministry said Israeli aircraft targeted Internal Security Service personnel, marking the second attack on police in three days.
Earlier Tuesday, a 39-year-old man died of wounds sustained in a Monday bombardment of Khan Younis, and Israeli gunboats shelled waters off Gaza City and Khan Younis.
The Gaza Government Media Office said Israeli violations of the October 2025 ceasefire have reached 5,989, with 1,593 killed and 5,748 wounded since the agreement took effect.
In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces launched a wave of incursions, raids and arrests. In Hebron (Al-Khalil), 21 Palestinians including a journalist were abducted from the town of Dura, and a family of 15 was forced out of their home in Al-Burj village, which was converted into a military barracks.
The head of the Ein Yabrud village council east of Ramallah was abducted after his home was stormed. In Bethlehem, an 18-year-old was kidnapped, and forces raided several neighborhoods and the Dheisheh refugee camp.
In Qalqilya, five Palestinians including one woman were kidnapped. Israeli forces also fired tear gas at Palestinians attempting to reach olive groves in Beit ‘Anan, northwest of Al-Quds.
In Lebanon, Israeli artillery and aircraft struck multiple towns in the south. Five shells hit the Wadi al-Hajir, Wadi al-Saluqi and Marjayoun plain areas, while raids targeted Aita al-Jabal and the outskirts of Kounine.
Israeli warplanes dropped illumination bombs over Nabatieh al-Fawqa and Kafr Rumman, and a drone circled over Sidon. Israeli forces detonated a building in Beit Yahoun and continued demolitions in Zawtar al-Sharqiya.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported seven killed and 11 wounded in a strike on Shahabiya village.
In Syria, Israeli forces infiltrated Wadi al-Raqad in the western Daraa countryside with three military vehicles and opened fire toward agricultural lands, according to the Syrian Record Center.
Israeli troops also set up a temporary checkpoint on the Jabbata al-Khashab–Ufania road in northern Quneitra with four vehicles and abducted a civilian from al-Asbah village after raiding his home overnight.