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Israeli strikes across Gaza reportedly kill at least eight Palestinians

Hospital sources report deaths in Khan Younis and Gaza City, including a four-year-old boy, as Israel says it targeted militants.

The short version

  • Israeli attacks across Gaza reportedly killed at least eight Palestinians, including a four-year-old boy, according to hospital sources.[ABC News · Al Jazeera]
  • Hospitals reported five deaths in Khan Younis and three in Gaza City, and Israel said it targeted militants.[ABC News]
  • Hamas condemned the attacks as a deliberate war crime, and reports say the strikes came despite a US-brokered ceasefire.[Al Jazeera]
  • Gaza's Health Ministry says more than 1,570 Palestinians have died since the truce began, and the reported figures are not fully reconciled.[ABC News · Al Jazeera]

Key facts

  • At least eight Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, according to hospital sources.[ABC News · Al Jazeera]
  • An Israeli drone attack killed five people and wounded several others in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, on Sunday.[Al Jazeera]
  • Nasser Hospital reported that a strike in the southern city of Khan Younis killed five people.[ABC News]
  • Sources at al-Shifa Hospital said at least three people, including a four-year-old boy, were killed in a drone attack in Gaza City's Rimal neighbourhood.[Al Jazeera]
  • Shifa Hospital reported that a Gaza City strike killed three people, including a boy, and seriously wounded a woman.[ABC News]
  • The Israeli military told AFP it was targeting a terrorist in southern Gaza and said it struck several militants in Khan Younis and one Hamas militant in northern Gaza.[ABC News · Al Jazeera]
  • Hamas condemned the latest Israeli attacks as a deliberate war crime.[Al Jazeera]
  • Gaza's Health Ministry says more than 1,570 Palestinians have been killed since the truce began.[ABC News]

What remains uncertain

  • Reports place the five-death strike in al-Mawasi and in Khan Younis, and the three-death strike in Rimal and in Gaza City. The reporting does not establish whether these are the same incidents.[ABC News · Al Jazeera]
  • Casualty counts are attributed to hospital and ministry sources and are not independently verified in the reporting.[ABC News · Al Jazeera]
  • The Israeli military's account of targeting militants is attributed to the military and is not independently confirmed in the reporting.[ABC News · Al Jazeera]
  • One report cites more than 1,500 deaths since the ceasefire, while the Health Ministry cites more than 1,570 since the truce began. The figures are not directly reconciled.[ABC News · Al Jazeera]

Sources

Outlet counts describe coverage, not independent confirmation. Reports may share a wire service or original source.