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<article data-history-node-id="441159" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/strikes-rock-gaza-eid-al-adha-israeli-ceasefire-violations-top-3000" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/strikes-rock-gaza-eid-al-adha-israeli-ceasefire-violations-top-3000" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Strikes rock Gaza on Eid al-Adha as Israeli ceasefire violations top 3,000</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>As Palestinians in Gaza celebrated Eid al-Adha, Israel continued to launch strikes on the besieged enclave, with authorities saying ceasefire violations have topped 3,000.</p> <p>An overnight strike on a residential building in al-Rimal neighbourhood, west of Gaza City, has so far left six people dead, according to Al Jazeera.</p> <p>Israel says they killed Mohammed Odeh, the head of Hamas's armed wing, who succeeded the former chief Izz al-Din al-Haddad in mid-May.</p> <p>Hamas has yet to officialy confirm the news, which came on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.</p> <p>However, a Hamas source told AFP that Odeh's wife and two children were also killed in the air strike, and that a funeral procession would take place on Wednesday in Gaza City.</p> <p>Since a nominal ceasefire agreement came into effect in October, hundreds of Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes.</p> <p>According to the Gaza Government Media Office, Israel has committed 3,005 violations so far.</p> <h3>Read more: <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/strikes-rock-gaza-eid-al-adha-israeli-ceasefire-violations-top-3000">Strikes rock Gaza on Eid al-Adha as Israeli ceasefire violations top 3,000</a></h3> <figure class="image"><img alt src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/images-story/GAZA_EID_PRAYERS_AFP.jpg.jpg?itok=G3MofhH2"> <figcaption>Palestinians perform morning prayers marking the start of Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, on a heavily damaged street in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on 17 May 2026 (Bashar Taleb / AFP)</figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> </article>