Foreign: Israeli air strikes on Gaza for two consecutive days on Sunday killed at least 18 Palestinians, according to medical workers, despite US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a breakthrough in efforts to implement a ceasefire agreement from last year.
According to Reuters, published on August 3, 2026, Israeli warplanes have been hitting Gaza City, the northern city of Deir al-Balah and the southern area of Khan Younis since dawn, Palestinian health officials said, causing the highest daily death toll in weeks.
Trump’s claim On Thursday, the Palestinian Hamas and other armed groups agreed to lay down their arms, raising hopes of a turning point in efforts to end the conflict.
However, on Sunday, Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet, said the government would give Hamas a chance to lay down its arms, but he had “strong doubts” that would happen.
Cohen told Israeli Army Radio that there was no agreement to stop the attacks on Gaza and that he saw a need for Israel, which currently controls 70 percent of the territory, to take full control of the territory if Hamas refused to lay down its arms.
Editor: Nay Tola
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