By Harun Nasrullah
London, (The Muslim News): Two Palestinians were killed and 10 others wounded by Israeli fire in the Gaza Strip on Monday, in what Palestinian officials described as Israel’s latest breach of the fragile ceasefire. The Israeli military said the fatalities occurred after its forces opened fire on two men who had allegedly attempted to cross the “yellow line”, an unmarked boundary separating areas under Israeli control from zones where Palestinian movement is permitted. Palestinian authorities said the incident occurred near civilian areas, highlighting ongoing tensions over ceasefire boundaries, which are frequently contested and often enforced with lethal force.
Minutes later, Gaza Civil Defence reported that an Israeli drone struck near a school and shelter in central Gaza City’s Daraj neighbourhood, dropping two bombs and injuring 10 people. Spokesman Mahmoud Basal said children, women and elderly people were among those hurt, and all were taken to the Ahli Baptist Hospital, including one child in critical condition. He emphasised that the school and shelter “are located in an area considered safe for civilians under the ceasefire deal,” underlining concerns that the strikes violated zones designated as protected for non-combatants.
In the occupied West Bank, several Palestinians were injured on Monday in a series of attacks by Israeli settlers, who are living in the territory in violation of international law, witnesses and local officials said. In July 2024, the International Court of Justice ruled that Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is unlawful and called for the evacuation of all settlements.
Residents of Wadi Sa’ir, northeast of Hebron, reported that settlers entered the town, torched a home and two vehicles, and assaulted civilians with clubs and stones, leaving several women and elderly men injured. Further south, in al-Jab’a near Bethlehem, settlers set fire to three homes, three vehicles and a caravan, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. The head of the village council, Diyab Masha’leh, said the attackers targeted inhabited homes, but villagers managed to extinguish the fires, and no injuries were reported.
The Colonisation and Wall Resistance Commission said that since the Gaza war began, Israeli settlers have carried out over 7,000 attacks on Palestinians and their property in the West Bank, reflecting a sustained escalation in violence. Over the same period, more than 1,070 Palestinians have been killed and roughly 10,700 injured, highlighting the human cost of ongoing hostilities. The ICJ ruling frames these attacks within a broader context of unlawful settlement activity.
Turning to Palestinian detainees, Physicians for Human Rights–Israel (PHRI) reported on Monday that at least 98 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons since October 2023. The organisation, citing official documents, medical records, autopsy reports and testimonies, accused Israel of concealing causes of death and withholding the true number of fatalities, describing a “policy of systematic killing, ill-treatment, and medical neglect.”
“The unprecedented toll and evidence of deaths by torture and medical neglect suggest a deliberate Israeli policy,” said PHRI’s Oneg Ben Dror. The group reported 94 detainee deaths between October 2023 and August 2025, with four more recorded in October and November 2025. Seven Palestinians allegedly executed shortly after arrest are not included; 52 of the dead were from Gaza. The Israel Prison Service and army did not comment.
Meanwhile, the UN Security Council adopted a US-drafted resolution outlining the mandate for the Gaza International Stabilisation Force under the ceasefire framework. The measure passed with 13 votes in favour and two abstentions, including Russia, and includes language on a potential pathway to Palestinian statehood.
A Hamas spokesman told Al Jazeera that the group rejects any foreign military deployment in Gaza, warning it would amount to replacing Israeli occupation with “foreign guardianship.”
Since October 2023, Israel’s war on Gaza has killed more than 69,000 Palestinians and left over 170,000 wounded, according to Gaza health authorities.
[Photo: Israeli army intervene as Red Crescent teams [not seen] transfer the injured to the hospital after Israeli army wounded two Palestinians, a child and a journalist, in the Nur Shams Camp in the city of in Tulkarm, West Bank on November 18, 2025. It was reported that one of the wounded is a 12-year-old child who was injured in the neck by shrapnel, while the other is a 47-year-old journalist who was shot in the leg. Photojournalist: Nedal Eshtayah/AA]
