PALESTINE – Despite a ceasefire being in effect, Israeli strikes on Gaza Strip early Sunday Feb. 15 killed at least 9 people after strikes targeted civilians and displaced Palestinians’ tents in northern and southern parts of the strip.

Five Palestinians were killed and others wounded in an Israeli airstrike that hit a group of civilians southwest of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, medical sources said.

In the north, four Palestinians were killed and several others injured when an Israeli drone strike targeted a tent housing displaced people in the Al-Faluja area west of the town of Jabalia, according to paramedics and eyewitnesses.

Separately, the Israeli army carried out extensive demolitions of Palestinian homes northeast of the Jabalia refugee camp, accompanied by heavy artillery shelling and gunfire from Israeli military vehicles in the area.

The attacks came after the army claimed Saturday it had detected fighters emerging near its forces in the northern Gaza Strip.

A ceasefire agreement on Oct. 10, 2025 ended Israel’s two-year war that began on Oct. 8, 2023. Palestinian authorities say the conflict killed more than 72,000 Palestinians, wounded over 171,000 others, and caused widespread destruction affecting 90% of civilian infrastructure.

The UN estimates reconstruction costs at approximately $70 billion.

At least 591 Palestinians have been killed and over 1,578 others injured in Israeli attacks since the ceasefire, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.