A child walks past garbage towards tent shelters housing displaced Palestinian families in Gaza City on January 11th. Photograph: Omar al-Qattaa/AFP via GettyIsraeli fire killed at least three Palestinians in two separate ‍incidents across the Gaza Strip, local health authorities said, as tension rises over ‍continued violence since an October ceasefire. The Israeli military said forces fired at a “terrorist” who crossed into the area under their control in the northern ⁠Gaza Strip, posing an immediate threat. Fighting has largely abated since Israel ‍and Palestinian militant group Hamas agreed to a ceasefire in October, two years into the war, but it has not stopped entirely. More than ‌440 Palestinians, most of them civilians according to Gaza health ⁠officials, have been killed since the truce, as well as three Israeli soldiers.

Source: The Irish Times January 11, 2026 18:38 UTC