Gaza airstrikes continue for second day despite Trump ceasefire breakthrough claim

World gazagenocideIsraelTop News Gaza airstrikes continue for second day despite Trump ceasefire breakthrough claim Buffer Zones In Lebanon, Gaza And Syria As Israel Shifts To Permanent War Footing Relevant News Gaza airstrikes continue for second day despite Trump ceasefire breakthrough claim 2 August 2026 Temperatures to hit 40 degrees as yellow weather warning takes effect 2 August 2026 Sopranos star Vincent Pastore dies aged 80 2 August 2026 newsroom 2 August 2026 FacebookXWhatsAppEmailPrintViber Israeli airstrikes continued in Gaza for a second straight day on Sunday, killing at least nine Palestinians, despite US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a breakthrough in efforts to implement last year’s Gaza ceasefire agreement. Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said on Sunday that there was no deal to halt attacks on Gaza and that he saw a need for Israel, which already controls 70 per cent of the Strip, to take full control of it. Cohen is a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet, a small circle of ministers that oversees security and diplomatic policy. Palestinian health officials said Israeli warplanes carried out separate strikes across the enclave in northern Gaza City, the central city of Deir al-Balah, and the southern area of Khan Younis. Medics said a man and his wife were killed and four people were wounded in an airstrike on an apartment in Deir al-Balah, while two more people, including a child, were killed in a strike on an apartment in Gaza City. Around dawn, a father, mother, and their nine-year-old son were killed after a strike on a house in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis. Another person was killed near Jabalia in northern Gaza. The Israeli military said the strikes in Deir al-Balah were targeting two commanders of Hamas’ elite Nukhba force. It said the Gaza City and Jabalia strikes also targeted military operatives, but added that the military was still reviewing the situation. At least 1,230 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes since a ceasefire was reached in October. Trump said on Thursday there had been a breakthrough after Hamas agreed to disarm under a US-backed initiative to implement the ceasefire agreement reached last year in Egypt. Trump’s Board of Peace, the US-led body overseeing the ceasefire, published on Friday a 15-point roadmap setting out the final steps for implementing the agreement. However, the roadmap has yet to be implemented. Hamas has said it will hand over its weapons for storage only after Israel halts military operations and withdraws its forces in line with last year’s agreement. An Israeli official told Reuters there would be no withdrawal from the military’s current positions unless Hamas undergoes genuine disarmament. Cohen told Army Radio he did not believe Hamas would disarm, but that it would rather play games and try to hide its weaponry. Netanyahu has not commented publicly on the initiative, while National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called it unacceptable and said Israel should continue assassinating Hamas leaders. Former senior Fatah official Mohammed Dahlan, who is based in the United Arab Emirates, said in a Facebook post that Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and a senior adviser involved in the US initiative, had told him he was working with the Israeli side to stop attacks on Gaza. Dahlan said contacts with the US were continuing to ensure the agreement was fully implemented, adding that its success now depended on Israel fully ending its daily attacks on Gaza. Reuters has reached out to the US State Department for comment on Dahlan’s remarks. There was no immediate comment from Israel. (Reuters) Subscribe to our Newsletter Latest News Temperatures to hit 40 degrees as yellow weather warning takes effect Sopranos star Vincent Pastore dies aged 80 Cyprus local government reform has failed and urgent corrections are needed to rescue it Boeing triggers US government challenge over record EU loan to Airbus Firefighters cut two drivers free following car crash on Nicosia’s Athalassa Avenue Early morning house fire triggers emergency response in Tala village Police find hidden weapons cache in rural Nicosia district Follow en.philenews on Google News and be the first to know all the news about Cyprus and the world.