The attack marked the first time Israel and the U.S. coordinated military action in Gaza under a mechanism in the ceasefire deal, which has seen the IDF kill at least 93 Palestinians since it took effect, Dave DeCamp reports.
The Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat, Israel, on Oct 23, which operates under the leadership of Brad Cooper, head of US Central Command. (U.S. Department of Defense/Malcolm Cohens-Ashley/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain)
Israel has launched an airstrike in Gaza during the ceasefire after notifying the U.S. and getting approval to launch the attack, the Israeli news site Ynet has reported.
The Israeli military launched the strike on Saturday in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in central Gaza, claiming it targeted a member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) who was planning an attack on the IDF, a claim PIJ strongly denied.
PIJ said in a statement that the claim that its military wing, the al-Quds Brigades, was preparing an attack was “a pure false claim and fabrication through which the occupation seeks to justify its aggression and violation of the ceasefire.” PIJ, which supported the ceasefire deal, called on mediating countries to “compel” Israel to stop its attacks on Gaza.
The strike wounded four Palestinians, according to the al-Awda Hospital. “The hospital has received four injured people following the Israeli occupation’s targeting of a civilian car in the al-Ahli Club area in Nuseirat Camp in central Gaza,” the hospital said.
After an earlier Israeli airstrike on Nuseirat Refugee Camps, in October 2023, a Palestinian man carries his injured grandchildren. (UNRWA/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0 igo)
The Ynet report said the alleged PIJ operative who was targeted was wounded, not killed. According to Israeli sources, the strike came after Israel passed intelligence to the U.S., and the attack was only launched after coordination with U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), which included notifying CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper. CENTCOM has established a military post in southern Gaza where it is overseeing the Gaza ceasefire.
U.S. President Donald Trump with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi during the Gaza ceasefire deal talks in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, Oct. 13. (White House /Daniel Torok)
U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff was also briefed on the strike right after it was launched. The attack marked the first time that Israel and the U.S. used a new mechanism to coordinate military action in Gaza under the ceasefire deal. Hamas, a signatory to the ceasefire deal, called the Israeli strike a “clear violation” of the agreement.
In response to the report and criticism of the U.S.-Israel relationship, Israeli officials said they were coordinating with the U.S. but insisted Israel doesn’t need “approval” to bomb Gaza.
According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, Israel also launched a drone strike on Friday that killed two Palestinians. There’s no sign that Israel coordinated with the U.S. on that attack. Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Sunday that Israeli forces have killed at least 93 Palestinians in Gaza since the ceasefire went into effect, including four who were killed over the previous 48 hours.
Dave DeCamp is the news editor of Antiwar.com, follow him on Twitter @decampdave.
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I would like to know if CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper is allowing a cease fishing for food during the cease fire, and also a cease bullshit will be enfoced?
Never mind I alredy know th answer.
Its not a country it is a syndicate like WWII vetran father said.
Steve Whitcoff? Nice job you idiot!
At this point Carl they are proving they do not care and anyone and everyone can see it.
These are individuals blinded by greed and hate who live in a quite differnet universe than those of us who use our abilities to make the live of other a little better.
Time for them to go away.
I took a short fifteen years for SCOTUS Chief Justice’s reversal of an earlier ruling, overturning the Citizens Untied vs F.E.C. and allowing unlimited money into politics – | – billionaires have too much money to be trusted with the reins of government, as Trump is proving.
Be warned, you aren’t independently wealthy, the next few years will not be pleasant or peaceful, brace for impact if you live in America!
Who do these goddam people think they are fooling?