Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least eight individuals, including a child, according to hospital reports, even though a year‑old ceasefire is in place.
In northern Gaza City, hospital officials reported that a missile struck civilians near Cairo School in the Al‑Rimal neighborhood, resulting in three deaths, among them a four‑year‑old boy.
In the southern city of Khan Younis, Hamas’s interior ministry stated that a drone strike hit a group of police officers in the Al‑Mawasi district, killing five as they performed their regular duties.
The Israeli military said it conducted two strikes on what it identified as militant operatives, though it has not supplied evidence or additional details.
Footage outside Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital captured a crowd of men praying beside two body bags and the small body of the child, which had been wrapped in a white towel.
Ali Oweis told AFP that his son and his son’s child were killed while sitting in their tent, posing no threat, when a missile suddenly struck, killing them. “There is no ceasefire; the war continues,” he added.
At Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, women expressed despair as video showed body bags lying on the floor. The interior ministry identified the five police officers killed, aged 23 to 53, describing the incident as a “horrific massacre”.
A ceasefire took effect in Gaza last October, yet Israeli airstrikes have continued nearly every day.
Since then, the Hamas‑run health ministry reports 1,580 deaths, figures the United Nations deems reliable. Israel says it targets Hamas, but civilian casualties have also occurred.
Meanwhile, a Gaza peace plan brokered by the Trump administration has stalled.
The ceasefire led to the release of thousands of Palestinians held by Israel in exchange for the 48 remaining hostages still held in Gaza, and for an agreement to end the war, which was sparked by the Hamas‑led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 that killed about 1,200 people and took 251 hostages.
Since the conflict began, the territory’s health ministry reports 74,594 deaths.
