{"id":486868,"date":"2025-10-09T23:20:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T23:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/486868\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T23:20:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T23:20:13","slug":"final-gaza-strike-before-cease-fire-four-hamas-terrorists-killed-in-building-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/486868\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Gaza strike before cease-fire? Four Hamas terrorists killed in building attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reports from Gaza<\/a> said a series of Israeli airstrikes hit southwestern Gaza City<\/a> Thursday evening, just before Israel\u2019s cabinet was scheduled to convene to approve the cease-fire and hostage deal with Hamas.<\/p>\n

Palestinian sources claimed dozens were killed or wounded in one of the strikes, which hit a residential building. Initial reports suggested Israel had targeted a senior Hamas figure, but later indications were that the strike aimed to eliminate two Hamas operatives present at the site.<\/p>\n

The IDF<\/a> confirmed it struck a Hamas<\/a> terrorist cell in northern Gaza that \u201cposed an immediate threat to nearby Israeli forces.\u201d According to Gaza\u2019s Civil Defense, four people were killed in the attack in the Sabra neighborhood, while 40 others remained missing and were feared trapped under the rubble. Dozens more were injured.<\/p>\n

Hamas leader: \u201cWe received guarantees \u2014 the war is completely over\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world was astonished by the sacrifice, resilience, and patience of the people of Gaza,\u201d al-Hayya said in a speech to Gazans coinciding with the end of Israel\u2019s cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. The government session, originally planned to begin immediately afterward, was postponed to 10 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the anniversary of the October 7 battle, we salute the martyrs among our leaders\u2014Haniyeh, al-Arouri, Sinwar, and Deif,\u201d he said, naming Hamas figures killed in Israeli strikes. \u201cWe tell the heroes of the resistance: as you were men in battle, you were also men at the negotiating table. The enemy committed massacre after massacre and repeatedly obstructed mediation efforts, but we continued negotiating and made every effort to end the war.\u201d<\/p>\n

Al-Hayya added that Hamas had \u201cresponsibly engaged\u201d with U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s peace plan, submitting a response that \u201cserves our people and prevents further bloodshed.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the deal marks \u201cthe end of the war and aggression against the Palestinian people and the start of implementing a permanent cease-fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe agreement includes the entry of aid, the opening of the Rafah crossing, and a prisoner exchange,\u201d al-Hayya said. \u201cWe received guarantees from the mediators and from the U.S. administration, and all confirmed that the war has completely ended. We will continue working with all national and Islamic forces to complete the next steps.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reports from Gaza said a series of Israeli airstrikes hit southwestern Gaza City Thursday evening, just before Israel\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-486868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115346776064740245","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}