<h1>Israeli strikes in Gaza amid a months-long ceasefire and UN concern over expanded West Bank control.</h1> Israeli strikes in Gaza during a months-old ceasefire killed civilians amid contested tactical exchanges; Israel describes the strikes as precise responses to fire it says violated the truce. A UN official warned that Israeli measures to deepen control over the West Bank could be unlawful and destabilising for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, linking settlement-facilitating policies to erosion of Palestinian Authority powers. Rafah crossing operations show limited humanitarian movements and unresolved authorisation and coordination issues.