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Israeli strikes kill five in Gaza and three in West Bank
The latest casualties occur amid a declared ceasefire and ongoing severe food shortages across Gaza.
The short version
- At least five Palestinians were killed in multiple Israeli strikes across Gaza on Friday, including three members of one family in Khan Younis.
- A separate Israeli military operation in Jenin in the occupied West Bank killed three Palestinians on Friday.
- A newly released World Food Programme report indicates nearly half of surveyed Gaza households have gone to bed hungry at least once in the past month.
Key facts
- An Israeli drone strike north of Khan Younis killed three members of the Abdeen family, according to medical sources.[Al Jazeera]
- Other strikes in Gaza killed a Palestinian man identified as Hassan al-Deiri in Gaza City, and one person at a displaced persons' tent east of Gaza City.[Al Jazeera]
- The Israeli military launched a strike in Jenin in the occupied West Bank that killed three Palestinians, claiming one was a Hamas operative.[Al Jazeera]
- According to the UN World Food Programme, 46 percent of surveyed households in Gaza reported going to bed hungry at least once in the previous 30 days.[Al Jazeera]
- Since the October 2025 ceasefire, an average of 217 aid trucks have entered Gaza per day, compared to the agreed-upon 600 trucks.[Al Jazeera]
What remains uncertain
- The Israeli military claimed without public evidence that one person killed in Jenin was a Hamas operative, and that two commanders from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad were killed in Gaza City on Thursday.[Al Jazeera]