The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in Gaza has surpassed 1,000 since a US-brokered ceasefire last October, the enclave's health ministry said on Thursday, as at least three people were reported killed in the latest strike.
Medics said an Israeli strike hit a vehicle on Gaza City's main Omar Al-Mokhtar Road, killing three people, as violence continued despite renewed truce efforts by mediators. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the incident.
Including the latest deaths, 1,008 Palestinians have been killed since the October 2025 ceasefire brokered by US President Donald Trump, according to the health ministry. Israel says four of its soldiers have been killed during the same period.
Israel says its strikes are intended to prevent imminent attacks by Hamas and other groups. Hamas rarely discloses information on the deaths of its fighters.
Israel and Hamas remain deadlocked over the next phase of Trump's Gaza plan, which calls for Hamas to disarm and for Israeli forces to withdraw from parts of the territory.
Palestinians inspect a vehicle hit in an Israeli strike, in Gaza City, June 18, 2026. REUTERS Nickolay Mladenov, Trump's Board of Peace envoy for Gaza, held talks this week in Cairo with mediators from Egypt, Qatar and Turkiye after Hamas and other Palestinian factions submitted their response to the proposed roadmap, according to two sources close to the negotiations.
Mediators Present Revised Roadmap
The sources said Mladenov on Wednesday presented Hamas and the factions with a revised version of the roadmap that addressed some of their concerns while maintaining the plan's core red lines. They did not provide further details. A Hamas official confirmed that the document was under review.
Israeli troops still control more than 60% of Gaza's territory, where residents have been ordered to leave and many remaining buildings have been destroyed.
Nearly all of Gaza's two million residents, most of whom have been displaced multiple times, are now living in a narrow coastal strip, mainly in makeshift tents or damaged buildings under Hamas control.
