Israeli airstrikes kill at least 20 people in Gaza, medics say
(VOVWORLD) - Israeli airstrikes in Gaza killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 80, local health authorities said on Saturday, in a further test of a fragile ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.
 Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike, in Gaza City, November 22, 2025. (Photo: REUTERS) |
Witnesses and medics said the first attack hit a car in the densely populated Rimal neighborhood, setting it ablaze. It was not immediately clear whether the five dead were passengers of the car or included passersby.
Shortly after the attack on the car, the Israeli air force carried out two separate airstrikes on two houses in Deir Al-Balah city and Nuseirat camp, in the central Gaza Strip, killing at least 10 people and wounding several others, medics said.
Later on Saturday a new Israeli airstrike on a house in western Gaza City killed at least five Palestinians and wounded others, medics said, taking Saturday's death toll to at least 20, including a local Hamas leader.
The Israeli military said a gunman had crossed into Israeli-held territory in Gaza and exploited "the humanitarian road in the area through which humanitarian aid enters southern Gaza", calling it a "blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement".
The military said it was striking targets in Gaza in response.
A Hamas official in Gaza rejected the Israeli military's allegations as baseless and an "excuse to kill", saying the group was committed to the ceasefire agreement.