Israeli strikes killed at least 10 people in Gaza on Wednesday, and Israeli forces crossed the ceasefire’s “Yellow Line” to detain a Hamas police official, deepening doubt over the truce two days after U.S. envoy Jared Kushner met separately with Hamas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to PBS News.
The Yellow Line, which divides Gaza under the ceasefire, “was never precisely defined,” PBS reported, and Israeli forces now control roughly 60% of the territory, beyond the line’s original scope.
The IDF said Wednesday’s strikes targeted Hamas Nukhba commanders and an allied Popular Resistance Committees operative who were “advancing terror plots” against Israeli forces, including one person who took part in the October 7 attacks, according to the Jerusalem Post. Gaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry said the strikes, including one on a police post, killed nine to ten people.
The Board of Peace, the U.S.-chaired body overseeing the ceasefire, has not publicly commented on the strikes, even after Kushner reportedly asked Netanyahu to limit attacks to imminent threats, according to the Times of Israel. An analysis published by Modern Diplomacy argues the Board’s founding UN resolution gives it no jurisdiction over Israeli military or territorial decisions, leaving enforcement entirely dependent on Israeli domestic politics ahead of Netanyahu’s October 27 election.
