IDF Resumes Strikes; Gaza Deaths and Global Fallout

The Israel Defense Forces said they resumed enforcement of a Trump-era ceasefire after carrying out strikes ordered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in response to Hamas violations and an attack in Rafah, reporting strikes on some 30 militants in command positions. Gaza’s health ministry said the retaliatory strikes killed more than 100 people and wounded about 200; the IDF said it killed multiple battalion and company commanders, recovered a deceased hostage, and Israeli officials confirmed the death of an Israeli‑American soldier. An Israeli Air Force drone recently crashed near the Gaza border after a reported technical malfunction and is being retrieved. Separately, UNIFIL shot down an IDF surveillance drone over south Lebanon amid disputed accounts that a grenade was later dropped near UN peacekeepers. A UN special rapporteur’s report accused 63 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany, of complicity in an “internationally enabled” genocide in Gaza by facilitating and normalizing Israel’s campaign. Mossad publicly named an alleged Iranian Quds Force official it says led a unit directing overseas antisemitic attacks, a revelation that has intensified diplomatic tensions and prompted investigations abroad.