Gaza health officials and hospitals report that Israeli strikes on Saturday killed 10 people across the territory, including three children and their parents, despite a ceasefire remaining in place between Israel and Hamas. Gaza’s civil defence agency, which also operates as a rescue service, said a family of five died when an Israeli strike hit a residential apartment in northwest Gaza City. The agency said three children and both parents were killed, and that one surviving child was not in the home at the time. Al-Shifa Hospital confirmed receiving the five bodies. The Israeli military said it carried out a strike in Gaza City “targeting a Hamas terrorist” and was assessing the results. The reports also say three additional people were killed when another Israeli airstrike hit a group of civilians in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City, with Al-Shifa confirming receipt of the three bodies. Officials further reported two more deaths from attacks elsewhere in Gaza. Both outlets describe the ongoing violence as highlighting the ceasefire’s fragility, while Israel and Gaza continue exchanging claims and the ability to independently verify casualty figures remains limited.
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 10, including three children and parents
Gaza health officials and hospitals report that Israeli strikes on Saturday killed 10 people across the territory, including three children and their parents, despite a ceasefire remaining in place be...
- Gaza civil defence and hospitals report 10 people killed in Israeli strikes on Saturday.
- Among the dead are three children and their parents in northwest Gaza City.
- Another three deaths are reported from an airstrike in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City.
- An Israeli military spokeswoman says a strike was carried out targeting a Hamas figure; results are under assessment.
- A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas remains in force, but violence continues in Gaza.
Fresh deaths in Gaza underscored the fragility of a ceasefire that has failed to stop bloodshed, with the territory’s civil defence and hospitals reporting 10 people killed in Israeli attacks, including three children and their parents. A truce remains in force between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, but violence has continued in Gaza […]
19 hours agoGAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — Gaza's civil defence and hospitals said Israeli attacks on Saturday killed 10 people across the territory, among them three children and their parents. A ceasefire remains in place between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas, but it has not halted the violence in Gaza, and efforts to secure a lasting agreement to end the war have stalled. A family of five -- three children and their parents -- were killed when an Israeli strike hit a residential apartment in northwest Gaza City, according to the territory's civil defence agency, which operates as a rescue service under Hamas. "The family's only surviving member is one child, who was not inside the house at the time of the strike," Mahmoud Bassal, spokesman for the agency, told AFP. Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital confirmed it had received the five bodies. An Israeli military spokeswoman said a strike had been carried out in Gaza City on Saturday "targeting a Hamas terrorist". She said the military was still assessing the results. Gaza resident Mousa Al-Aimawi said the strike came without warning. "Suddenly there was a missile hitting the building. No one knew, no one, no warning, nothing," he told AFP. "They hit it without caring that there are civilians, children, women, girls." Mohammed Kali, who lives in the same building, said he saw several people lying on the ground. "There were bodies scattered on the ground -- women and children dead, and elderly people too," he said. AFP footage from the scene showed large sections of the building's facade torn away, as rescue teams helped the wounded. Onlookers picked through shattered concrete blocks and twisted metal, searching for any belongings that could be salvaged. Three more people were killed when an Israeli airstrike hit a group of civilians in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City, the agency reported. Al-Shifa hospital confirmed it had received the three bodies. Health officials said two other people were killed elsewhere in Israeli attacks in Gaza. The military did not offer an immediate comment on those attacks. Violence has persisted despite the ceasefire. Before Friday's casualties, at least 1,144 Palestinians had been killed since the truce took effect last October, according to Gaza's health ministry, which operates under Hamas authority and whose figures are considered reliable by the United Nations. The Israeli military says it has lost five soldiers in Gaza over the same period, as well as one civilian contractor. Restrictions imposed on media outlets and limited access in Gaza prevent AFP from independently verifying tolls or freely covering the violence there.
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