Fresh Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill Two, Raise Doubts Over Ceasefire Progress

Israeli strikes in Gaza on Saturday killed at least two people and damaged warehouses storing medical supplies, Palestinian officials said, despite a recent agreement between President Trump's Board of Peace and Hamas to advance the Gaza ceasefire.

One of the strikes destroyed and damaged warehouses at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza before dawn on Saturday, according to hospital spokesperson Khalil Dagran. He said the hospital's outpatient clinic was also damaged, though no casualties were reported.

The Israeli military said it targeted the warehouses because Hamas was storing weapons there and using the facility as a hideout. Dagran denied the allegation, saying Israeli forces had warned Palestinians to evacuate the area before the strike.

A second Israeli strike on Saturday, in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, killed two Palestinians, according to local health officials. The Israeli military confirmed the attack but did not provide details on why the two individuals were targeted.

The strikes came just days after President Trump announced that Hamas had agreed to surrender its weapons during negotiations with his Board of Peace, a body established last year to oversee the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Hamas's disarmament had been a major obstacle to moving beyond the initial truce.

On Friday, after the agreement was announced, Hamas said the "first step" would be for Israel to commit to ending its attacks. The group also linked the handover of what it described as its "heavy weapons" to a number of additional conditions.

It remains unclear whether Israel has accepted the proposal. The roadmap calls for a gradual withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza and a cessation of military operations as part of the conditions for Hamas to decommission and store its weapons.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not yet commented on the agreement, which emerged on Thursday night. In a written statement issued on Friday, the Israeli government, citing an unnamed diplomatic official, said the Israeli military would not withdraw from its current positions in Gaza without Hamas's "genuine" disarmament.