Despite ceasefire, Israeli strikes still kill in Gaza and the West Bank

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 24, 2026 · 97 words · By Video by Charlotte HUGHES; Emily BOYLE

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What to know about Despite ceasefire, Israeli strikes still kill in Gaza and the West Bank

Despite ceasefire, Israeli strikes still kill in Gaza and the West Bank Middle East Issued on: 24/08/2026 - 11:17Modified: 25/08/2026 - 11:54 Share Despite a ceasefire that has been in place since October 2025, violence continues in Gaza.

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What happened

Why it matters

On August 23, Israeli strikes left several people dead in the enclave, and a young boy was killed by the Israeli military in the West Bank, according to local authorities.

Common ground

Since the announcement of the truce, more than 1,280 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, while Israel has reported the launch of drones, balloons and kites towards its territory.

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Claim 1: “Since the announcement of the truce, more than 1,280 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza”

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Different sources provide conflicting death tolls since the October 2025 ceasefire: Al Jazeera reports 1,285 and 883 in different instances, while EuroNews reports more than 850. The claim of 'more than 1,280' is supported by one Al Jazeera reference but contradicted by others.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when Palestinian milita…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza peace plan, officially the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, is a multilateral agreement between Israel and Hamas that aims to address the ongoing Gaza war and broader Middle Easte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_peace_plan

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Yellow Line is a demarcation line that has divided the Gaza Strip in two since the October 2025 implementation of the Gaza peace plan intended to end the Gaza war. The line originally separated 47…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Line_(Gaza)

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Claim 2: “On August 23, Israeli strikes left several people dead in the enclave”

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Multiple web search results confirm Israeli strikes on August 23, 2026, resulting in deaths, including a 4-year-old boy. Wikipedia also notes that strikes continued after the October 2025 ceasefire.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza genocide is the ongoing, intentional, and systematic destruction of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip carried out by Israel during the Gaza war. It encompasses mass killings, the targe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_genocide

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israeli Air Force has conducted numerous concerted aerial bombardment campaigns on the Gaza Strip during the Gaza war. Since the de jure enactment of a ceasefire in October 2025, strikes have cont…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_bombing_of_the_Gaza_St…

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Claim 3: “Israel has reported the launch of drones, balloons and kites towards its territory”

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The provided web search results for this claim are irrelevant (adult content), and the Wikipedia entries discuss the peace plan and general war history but do not mention the specific launch of drones, balloons, and kites following the October 2025 ceasefire.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On October 7, 2023, a series of coordinated armed incursions from the blockaded Gaza Strip into the Gaza envelope of southern Israel were carried out by Hamas and several other Palestinian militant gr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_7_attacks

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Claim 4: “a ceasefire that has been in place since October 2025”

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Multiple independent news sources (Al Jazeera, TASS, EuroNews) and Wikipedia confirm that a ceasefire took effect in October 2025.

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Claim 5: “a young boy was killed by the Israeli military in the West Bank”

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While the evidence mentions Israeli military killings in the West Bank generally and a specific incident involving the son of an ambassador, there is no specific evidence provided confirming the death of a young boy on or around August 23, 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The West Bank, including East Jerusalem, has been under military occupation by Israel since 7 June 1967, when Israeli forces captured the territory, then occupied by Jordan, during the Six-Day War. Th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_occupation_of_the_West…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The annexation of the West Bank, or parts thereof, to Israel has been considered by Israeli politicians since the area was captured and occupied by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War. Annexation of th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_Israeli_annexation_of…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The West Bank barrier, West Bank wall or the West Bank separation barrier, is a separation barrier built by Israel along the Green Line and inside parts of the West Bank. Israel describes the wall as…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank_barrier

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