A Brief Lull, Then Strikes Resume.
Palestinian media outlets reported on Monday, citing a source in emergency and ambulance services, that two Palestinians were killed and others wounded in an Israeli strike on a vehicle along the coastal Rashid Street, west of Gaza City. The strike came after a rare pause of roughly 30 hours in Israeli attacks on the Strip, underscoring how fragile and short-lived any lull in the bombardment has proven to be since the ceasefire agreement took effect.
Mediators Reportedly Pressed Netanyahu to Halt the Attacks
The strike came shortly after Axios reported, citing a source, that Board of Peace director-general Nikolai Mladenov and a board adviser had met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and told him attacks on Gaza needed to stop. Earlier the same day, the Palestinian presidency said it was demanding urgent UN-level steps to compel Israeli forces to implement the second phase of the Gaza agreement, pointing to the continued gap between diplomatic assurances relayed to mediators and the reality of strikes still killing civilians on the ground. The renewed strike adds to a broader pattern seen throughout the ceasefire period, in which pauses in Israeli attacks — even when reportedly urged by international mediators — have repeatedly given way to new rounds of strikes within a day or two, leaving residents unable to trust that any lull will hold.
