A displaced Palestinian walks through the rubble of buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on Aug. 1, 2026. (Credit: Eyad Baba/AFP)
Overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza hit multiple residential buildings and killed at least eight people, authorities said Sunday, despite Hamas saying it had agreed to the latest stage of a deal to end the war.
Hamas said Friday it had agreed to a plan championed by U.S. President Donald Trump that includes provisions for handing over its weapons and the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip.
Israel has yet to officially comment on the agreement, but a political source told AFP "that there will be no withdrawal whatsoever" without Hamas' "genuine disarmament."
Gaza civil defense officials said Sunday that eight people were killed in strikes around midnight that hit multiple residential buildings.
In one attack in the central Gaza Strip, a man and his wife were killed and several others were wounded when an Israeli military helicopter struck an apartment, a civil defense spokesperson said.
An elderly man and a child were killed in another strike on an apartment west of Gaza City. Three others, including a child, were killed when another Israeli strike hit an apartment northwest of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Authorities reported Saturday that eight other people had been killed in Israeli strikes that damaged a hospital's medical supplies and targeted a rooftop.
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