Israeli forces carried out attacks on multiple fronts on Monday, February 15, 2026, resulting in the deaths of at least 26 people and raising concerns about the fragile ceasefire in place since October. An Israeli airstrike near the Lebanon-Syria border killed at least four people, while at least 11 Palestinians were killed in Gaza, according to multiple reports.
The Israeli air strike near the border with Syria targeted a vehicle, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, as reported by Al Jazeera. Smoke was seen billowing from the area near the Israeli-Lebanese border. In Gaza, the attacks included a blast at a tent encampment housing displaced families, according to local officials, as reported by Sky News. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) stated that the actions in Gaza were in response to ceasefire violations by Hamas.
The attacks in Gaza mark the latest violation of a US-brokered ceasefire that came into effect on October 10, according to Al Jazeera. The ongoing violence has resulted in the deaths of over 570 Palestinians since the ceasefire began, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry, as reported by Sky News.
The situation in Gaza remains dire, with families struggling to cope with the aftermath of the violence. One Gaza mother, Hanaa al-Mabhuh, was searching for her missing son among the bodies at al-Shifa Hospital, according to Al Jazeera. "With exhausted steps and eyes filled with tears," she searched the morgue, torn between the desire to find her son and the fear of what she might discover.
Meanwhile, in other news, Ukraine's former Minister for Energy, German Galushchenko, was arrested while attempting to cross the country's border, according to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) of Ukraine, as reported by Al Jazeera. The arrest was made as part of the "Midas case," the NABU said in a statement.
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