Israeli strikes in Gaza kill civilians amid continuing ceasefire disputes
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The Facts
- A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been in effect since October 2025.
- An Israeli strike hit the Islamic University in Gaza City on October 25, 2026.
- Three people were killed in the Islamic University strike.
- Hospital and university sources identified those killed as university staff or security guards.
- Eight people were injured in the Islamic University strike.
- The Israeli military said it was looking into reports of the university strike.
- The Israeli military said the university strike targeted a Hamas military-wing operative.
- Gaza health authorities reported more than 1,500 Palestinian deaths since the October 2025 ceasefire began.
Context
What happened at the Islamic University?
A strike hit the Islamic University in Gaza City on October 25, killing three people and injuring eight, according to Al Shifa Hospital and university sources. Dawn Times of Israel
What has Israel said about the strike?
The Israeli military initially said it was examining reports. It later told Israeli media that the strike targeted a Hamas military-wing operative; it was unclear whether that target was among those killed. Dawn Times of Israel
Why does this matter during a ceasefire?
Sources describe a ceasefire in force since October 2025, but Gaza health authorities report more than 1,500 Palestinian deaths during that period. Le Monde Haberler EL IMPARCIAL | Noti…
Where Left and Right agree, and where they split
- Where Left and Right agree
- Three people identified as university staff or security guards died in a strike Israel says targeted a Hamas operative, and neither framing treats that gap as settled.
- Where Left and Right split
- The left and the right split on whether this ceasefire still allows strikes on an alleged Hamas operative.
- Why they won’t converge
- The divide is about trust in institutions: whether Israel's own investigation and its naming of a Hamas operative can be credited as the real explanation for who dies in these strikes.
How left and right read it
Left says
A ceasefire that has coincided with more than 1,500 Palestinian deaths since October 2025 is not holding, and the people paying for that gap are civilians like the university staff and security guards killed in Gaza City on October 25. Both cannot carry the same certainty. Halt the strikes, and let independent scrutiny establish who died and why.
Is this how the left would actually put it?
Right says
A ceasefire with Hamas was never a promise to stop hunting Hamas, so Israel retains the right to strike a military-wing operative wherever he hides. It says it is looking into the strike. Does the target it names justify what it cost?
Is this how the right would actually put it?
A ceasefire can coexist with strikes on an alleged Hamas operative, but each strike now has to answer for the civilians it kills.
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